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Argyreia sericea
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Family:
CONVOLVULACEAE
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Citation: Argyreia sericea Dalz. in Dalz. & Gibs., Bombay Fl. 169. 1861; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 188. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 908(638). 1923; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 306. 1990; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 208. 1999; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 555. 2009.
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Description:
Densely hirsute stout climbing shrubs. Leaves to 13 x 10 cm, deltoid, ovate to lanceolate, apex acute, base truncate, pubescent above, densely hirsute below; petiole to 4 cm. Cymes axillary; bracts 4 x 1.5 cm, oblong, tomentose; peduncles to 10 cm, pubescent; calyx lobes 1 x 0.5 cm, oblong-lanceolate, pubescent, except the overlapping part, slightly unequal; corolla funnel shaped, tube 6 cm long, pink, hirsute on outside, especially on the conduplication. Berry 3 cm across, fruiting calyx enlarged.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-February
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Dry 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):
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:
Nellimedu, Attappady R.F.
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