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Andrographis lawsonii
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Family:
ACANTHACEAE
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Citation: Andrographis lawsonii Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1923: 375. 1923 & Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1050(736). 1924; Sasidh. & Anto in Manoharan et al., Silent Valley-Whispers Reason 136. 1999; Biju in Manoharan et al., Silent Valley-Whispers Reason 162. 1999.
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Description:
Low undershrubs with erect branches. Leaves opposite, to 1.8 x 1 cm, ovate or elliptic, acute, rounded or cuneate at base, villous along the recrved margins. Flowers in rather long often paniculate racemes. Calyx lobes 5, lanceolate, 5-7 mm long, glandular hispid. Corolla slightly ventricose, dark brownish-purple. Anthers not bearded. Capsule linear oblong, 1.8 x 3mm, very glandular hispid.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-December
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District(s):
Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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Distribution:
Southern 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):
Brown, 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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Sispara
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