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Andrographis affinis
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Family:
ACANTHACEAE
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Citation: Andrographis affinis Nees in DC., Prodr. 11: 517. 1847; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1050(736). 1925; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 297. 1989; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 229. 1999.
Andrographis neesiana Wight var. affinis (Nees) Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 504. 1884.
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Description:
Subshrubs. Leaves to 4 x 2 cm, elliptic-lanceolate, coriaceous, margin thickened, sparsely strigose above, subsessile. Racemes axillary and terminal, glandular pubescent, to 5 cm; pedicels 2 mm; bracts 3 mm, lanceolate, bracteoles 2, minute; calyx lobes 4 mm, glandular-pubescent; corolla tube 9 mm, bilabiate, glandular hairy, white; ovary 1 mm, puberulus. Capsule 1.5 cm, oblong, glandular-pubescent.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-May
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District(s):
Kottayam, Idukki, Alappuzha
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola forests
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Distribution:
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):
Pink
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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:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Olikkudy
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