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Ventilago denticulata
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Family:
RHAMNACEAE
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Citation: Ventilago denticulata Willd., Neue Schriften Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 3: 417. 1801; Bhandari & Bhansali in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 217. 2000; P.V. Sreekumar & A.N. Henry in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 730. 2005.
Ventilago calyculata Tul., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. IV, 8: 124. 1857; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 631. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 218(157). 1918.
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Description:
Lianas; stem 10-25 cm across; branches pubescent; bark fissured, grey or dark brown, usually red in fissures. Leaves alternate, 3-15 x 2-6 cm, ovate-lanceolate, oblique at base, crenate-serrate at margin, obtuse or subacute at apex, subcoriaceous, pubescent; lateral nerves 5-8 pairs; petioles 3-10 mm long, furrowed, pubescent. Flowers greenish-yellow; pedicels 1-4 mm long. Calyx lobes deltoid, 2-2.5 mm long, hairy. Petals spathulate, emarginate at apex, 1-1.5 mm long. Stamens 1-1.5 mm long; connectives prolonged. Disc 5- lobbed. Ovary villous, 2-loculed; stigmas 2, divergent.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-June
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Native of tropical Asia
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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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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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