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Anisochilus adenanthus
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Family:
LAMIACEAE/LABIATAE
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Citation: Anisochilus adenanthus Dalz. in Dalz. & Gibson, Bombay Fl. 206. 1861; Suddee & Paton, Kew Bull. 64: 249. 2009.
Anisochilus verticillatus Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 629. 1885; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1127(788). 1924; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 316. 1998; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 398. 2005.
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Description:
Shrubs, 1-2 m high; stem grooved, villous. Leaves to 7 x 1.5 cm, oblong, obtuse, sessile, densely hairy, nerves 4 pairs, very oblique. Spikes 7 mm broad, linear, solitary or 2-3 together, terminal, densely hairy; bracts 4 mm long, ovate. Flowers whorled, thickly arranged; calyx 4.5 mm long, deflexed, densely villous, upper lip closing the tube, entire; corolla 10 mm long, white to blue, upper lip spathulate, concave, lower lip 3-lobed, midlobe emarginate or lobuled. Nutlets trigonous, brown, smooth.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-December
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District(s):
Idukki, Pathanamthitta
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous 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):
Blue, 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:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Vallicode
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