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Tylophora mollissima
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Family:
ASCLEPIADACEAE
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Citation: Tylophora mollissima Wight & Arn. in Wight, Contrib. 49. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 48. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 843(593). 1923; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 248. 1989; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 211. 1997; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 36. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 254. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 199. 1999; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 536. 2009.
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Pubescent twiners. Leaves to 5 x 2 cm, oblong, rounded, apiculate, rounded at base; nerves 4 pairs, narrow; petiole 5-15 mm long. Raceme 3-10 cm long, branched, umbellate, axillary. Flowers pinkish, 2 mm across, clustered in short lateral groups; pedicels 5-9 mm long; sepals 1 x 0.5 mm, ovate, acute, hirsute; corolla brownish, lobes 2 x 1 mm, ovate-oblong, obtuse; corona shallowly 5-lobed.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-July
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District(s):
Kottayam, Idukki, Kollam, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola forests
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Distribution:
South India
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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):
Pink
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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:
South India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Alvarakurichi, Alampetty, Kalvarimala, Uppermanalar, Eravangalar, Brook's peak, Devicolam
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