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Tylophora capparidifolia
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Family:
ASCLEPIADACEAE
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Citation: Tylophora capparidifolia Wight & Arn. in Wight, Contrib. 51.1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4:41.1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 843(592). 1923; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 253. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 199. 1999; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 535. 2009.
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Description:
Glabrous twiners; stem twining to the right, slender. Leaves simple, opposite, 6 x 2 cm, elliptic or oblanceolate to obovate, apiculate, round to subcordate at base, coriaceous, with 4-6 pairs of prominent nerve, coarsely reticulate beneath; petiole to 1 cm long. Raceme axillary, solitary, umbellate, congested, to 4 cm long. Flowers few; pedicels 8-12 mm long, slender. Sepals 1.5 mm long, lanceolate. Corolla 4 mm across, lobes obovate, revolute above, glabrous. Corona brown, 1 mm across, lobes 5, uneven. Follicle 3-4 cm long, 8-10 mm thick, ovoid, narrowed at apex into a beak.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-June
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District(s):
Idukki, Wayanad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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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):
Red, Brown
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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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Olikkudy, Vanchikulam, Kottamala
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