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Tylophora fasciculata
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Family:
ASCLEPIADACEAE
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Citation: Tylophora fasciculata Buch.-Ham. ex Wight & Arn. in Wight, Contrib. 50.1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4:40.1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 842(592). 1923; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 299. 1994; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 428. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 253. 1998; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 535. 2009.
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Description:
Erect or suberect, pubescent twiners. Leaves to 4 x 2 cm, ovate, acute, rounded at base; nerves 3 or 4 pairs, lowest pairs basal; young leaves pinkish; petiole 1 cm long. Flowers brownish, 4 x 4 mm, 3-8 together, in axillary peduncled cymes; pedicels 5-8 mm long; sepals linear, puberulus; corolla lobes 2.5 x 1 mm, elliptic, obtuse, pubescent within; gynostegium 1.5 x 1 mm; corona process ovoid. Follicle 4 x 1 cm, ellipsoidal, glabrous.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-July
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District(s):
Idukki, Malappuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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Distribution:
India 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):
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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Varayattumudi, Edavanna
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