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Tylophora subramanii
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Family:
ASCLEPIADACEAE
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Citation: Tylophora subramanii Henry, Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Pl. Sci.) 65B: 161. 1967; Shetty & Vivek., Bull. Bot. Surv. India 14: 22. 1972; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 211. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 254. 1998.
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Description:
Pubescent stout twiners. Leaves to 14 x 8 cm, ovate or elliptic, oblong, obtuse at apex, aciculate, rounded or cordate at base, rusty pubescent; nerves 6 pairs, irregular; petiole 1.5-3 cm long. Umbel axillary, solitary, 10-15-flowered; peduncle to 10 mm long. Flowers creamy, 1.5 cm across; pedicels 8 mm long, stout, pubescent; sepals 3.5 x 1.5 mm, oblong, acute, hirsute; corolla lobes 6 x 5 mm, ovate, obtuse, oblique at apex; corona 3 x 3 mm, orbicular to shortly 5-lobed; Gynostegium 3 mm high, shortly 5-lobed at apex, glabrous.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-April
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District(s):
Idukki, Kollam, Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Scrub jungles in the hills
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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):
Creamy, Purple
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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:
Pandimotta, Sunderamala, Uppermanalar, Rajamala
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