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Argostemma rostratum
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Argostemma rostratum Wall. in Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 326. 1824; Sebastine et al., Bull. Bot. Surv. India 9: 173. 1967.
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Description:
Small delicate herbs, stem 7-12 cm tall, slender or robust. Leaves membranous, sessile or shortly petioled, whorled or in superimposed pairs linear or elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate with often bulbiferous axils. Umbels small, solitary, simple or compound. Calyx small, lobes short broad. Corolla-lobes caudate-acuminate. Stamens 4-5; filaments short; anthers 5, coherent, oblong with long slender beaks opening by pores. Ovary 2-celled; ovules very many on projecting placentas; style filiform; stigma capitellate. Capsule coriaceous or membranous, 2-celled, dehiscing at the apex or by an operculum; seeds minute, angled or compressed.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-December
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District(s):
Idukki, Kottayam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Semi-evergeen forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats and Himalayas
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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:
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:
Neriamangalam
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