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Abelmoschus angulosus var. angulosus
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Family:
MALVACEAE
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Citation: Abelmoschus angulosus Wall. ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 53. 1834, var. angulosus; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 49. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 85. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 25. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 59. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 56. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 77. 1990; T.K. Paul in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 301. 1993; Sivar. & Pradeep, Malvac. Southern Peninsular India 52. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 36. 1997; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 58. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 76. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 29. 1998; M. Mohanan & A.V.N. Rao in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 400. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 145. 2009.
Hibiscus angulosus (Wall. ex Wight & Arn.) Steud., Nomencl. Bot. (ed.2) 1: 758. 1840; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 341. 1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 97(70). 1915; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 37.1996.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kattukasthuri, Kaattusembarathi
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Prickly annual shrubs. Leaves orbicular, 3-5 lobed, hastate or cordate at base, sparsely tomentose on both sides, to 12 x 10 cm; basally 9-ribbed. Flowers in terminal racemes. Epicalyx segment ovate-acute, densely hairy along margins. Petals obovate, yellow with purple base, 8-10 cm long. Capsule densely hairy, subtended by the enlarged epicalyx.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-February
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District(s):
Wayanad, Idukki, Kollam, Malappuram, Palakkad, Kannur, Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous, semi-evergreen and shola forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia to Australia
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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, White
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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:
Kallar, Koruthode, Damsite, Kummattanthode, Kannoth, Brahmagiri, Kanthaloor forests, Mukkali forests, Vadapuram, Machiri
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