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Tragia praetervisa
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Family:
EUPHORBIACEAE
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Citation: Tragia praetervisa Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr., Rheedea 16: 23. 2006 & Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 183. 2007.
Tragia hispida sensu auct. plur., non Willd. 1805; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1332(932). 1925; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 267. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 374. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 348. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 427. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 369. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 741. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 427. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 335. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 10,16. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 415. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 645. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 299. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 458. 2005; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 181. 2007.
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Description:
Leaves 10-15 x 10 cm, ovate, apex acuminate, base acute, margin serrate. Spike axillary to l5 cm; female flowers 3 mm across 1 or 2 at base and male above; male tepals 3, 2 mm, ovate, obtuse, glabrous, stamens 3, free; female tepals 6-lobed, hispid; style 3-gonous, stout, stigma 3. Capsule 3-lobed; seed glutinose, glandular papillose.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-June
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District(s):
Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Weed along roadsides in forest areas
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Distribution:
India, Myanmar and Sri Lanka
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Green, Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Parambikulam, Nadugani ghats, Punnamala, Angamoozhy, Ampumala
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