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Argyreia pilosa
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Family:
CONVOLVULACEAE
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Citation: Argyreia pilosa Arn., Pugil. Pl. Ind. Orient. 38. 1836; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 189. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 907(638). 1923; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 269. 1984.
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Description:
Large twiners; young branches pale reddish,; stem leaves, inflorescence, bracts and calyx hirsute; hairs white, bulbous-based. Leaves alternate, to 7-14 x 6-12 cm, broadly ovate, apex acute, base subcordate; lateral nerves 7-8 pairs; petiole 3-6 cm long. Flowers pink, in axillary, capitate heads; peduncle 2-3 cm long; bract 1-1.2 cm long, oblong-lanceolate. Calyx nearly free to base; lobes 5, subequal, 6-8 mm long, oblong to lanceolate, acute. Corolla 4-5 cm long, campanulate, bristly-hairy without. Stamens 5, included; filaments unequal; anthers 2-celled; pollen grains minutely spinous. Ovary 2-4-locular; ovules 4; style erect; stigma 2-lobed, lobes globose. Fruit 1.5 cm across.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-October
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District(s):
Kollam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Scrub jungles
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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, Red
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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:
Nelluyampathy forests
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