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Argyreia imbricata
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Family:
CONVOLVULACEAE
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Citation: Argyreia imbricata (Roth) Sant. & Patel, Trans. Bose-Res. Inst. Calcutta 22: 40. 1958; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 179. 1982; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 263. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 205. 2002.
Ipomoea imbricata Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 112. 1821.
Lettsomia aggregata Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 76. 1824; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 191. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 910(639). 1923.
Lettsomia mysorensis Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 192. 1883.
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Description:
Large climbers; stem white-woolly. Leaves 8-12 x 6 cm, ovate, obtusely acute, apiculate, rounded or subcordate at base, strigose above, white-tomentose beneath, nerves impressed above; petiole 3 cm long. Cymes terminal; peduncles 5 cm long; bracts and bracteoles small. Flowers few, shortly pedicelled; calyx lobe orbicular, 10 x 7 mm, densely hairy outside, reddish inside; corolla 2 cm long, pink. Berry 5 x 5 mm, reddish, densely hairy outside.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-December
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola forests
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Distribution:
South India
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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:
South India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Thannikkudy, Anappadi
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