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Alternanthera paronychioides
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Family:
AMARANTHACEAE
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Citation: Alternanthera paronychioides A. St. Hill, Voy. Bres. 2: 439. 1833; Sundararaj, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 53: 525. 1956; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 369. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 328. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 254. 2002.
Alternanthera polygonoides R. Br. ex Sweet, Hort. Suburb. Lond. 48. 1818; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 669. 2009.
Telanthera ficoidea Moq. in DC., Prodr. 13: 363. 1849.
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Description:
Prostrate herbs, stem sparsely covered with crisped hairs. Leaves to 3 x 0.7 cm, oblanceolate to spathulate, apex acute, glabrous. Spike 5 x 3 mm, solitary, axillary, few-flowered, sessile; bracts and bracteoles similar, 1.5 mm long, hyaline, apiculate. Flowers densely packed; tepals 5, outer three larger, 2.5 x 1 mm, ovate, acute, inner smaller, all hairy; stamens 3-5; ovary obovoid, compressed, stigma bilobed.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
June-August
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Thrissur, Wayanad, Kollam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Along lake beds when water recedes, also in wastelands
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Distribution:
Native of Tropical America, getting established in 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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Flower colour(s):
White
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Weed:
Yes
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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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:
Peechi, Thekkady, Parambikulam
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