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Uvaria hookeri
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Family:
ANNONACEAE
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Citation: Uvaria hookeri King, Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 4: 28, t. 22. 1893; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 3. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 59. 1989; Debika Mitra in B. D. Sharma et al., Fl. India 1: 291. 1993; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 11. 1998; M. Mohanan in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 172. 2005.
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Description:
Climbers, all parts, except the inflorescence, glabrous. Leaves alternate, 11-16 x 2.6-5.5 cm, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, almost rounded at base, slightly acuminate at apex, coriaceous, glabrous; petioles ca 5 mm long. Flowers solitary, terminal or leaf-opposed; pedicels 1-1.5 cm long, pubescent. Sepals 3, broadly ovate, connate at base, tuberculate, ca 1 cm across, pubescent. Petals 6(3+3), connate at base, ovate, reflexed at tips, 1-1.5 x ca 0.9 cm, tomentose outside, pubescent inside. Stamens numerous, linear, ca 2.5 mm long; connectives almost flat. Carpels many, linear-oblong, ca 1.5 mm long; styles short, thick; ovules many. Ripe carpels many, ovoid or oblong-ovoid, tapering to apex, 1.7-3 cm long, glabrous; stalks stout, 3.2-4.5 cm long; seeds many, biseriate, shiny reddish brown.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-May
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Kottayam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests and moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Endemic to 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):
Yellow, Creamy
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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:
Taliparamba, Kalliassey
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