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Arisaema leschenaultii
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Family:
ARACEAE
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Citation: Arisaema leschenaultii Blume, Rumphia 1: 93. 1836; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 504. 1893; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1585(1105). 1931; Chatterjee, Bull. Bot. Soc. Bengal 8: 127. 1959; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 431. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 332. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 493. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 532. 1990; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 416. 1989; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 496. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 473. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 323. 1999; Sivad. in Manoharan et al., Silent Valley-Whispers Reason 235. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 366. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 756. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 524. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 904. 2009.
Arisaema pulchrum N. E. Br., J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 18: 252, t. 6. 1880; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6:505.1893; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1585(1105). 1931.
Arisaema convolutum C.E.C. Fisch., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1934: 167. 1934, non Nakai, 1929.
Arisaema tuberculatum C.E.C. Fisch., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935: errata slip opposite p. 65. 1935; Chatterjee, Bull. Bot. Soc. Bengal 8: 137. 1959; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 333. 1988; Sivad. in Manoharan et al., Silent Valley-Whispers Reason 240. 1999.
Arisaema attenuatum Barnes & C.E.C. Fisch., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1936: 275. 1936; Chatterjee, Bull. Bot. Soc. Bengal 8: 121. 1959; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 331. 1988; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 26. 1996; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 76. 1998; Sivad. in Manoharan et al., Silent Valley-Whispers Reason 233. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 365. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 904. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Pambucholam
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Corm 1-6 cm across. Leaflets 7-12, 15-25 x 5-7 cm, lanceolate, apex acuminate; nerves many, close, parallel, forming an intramarginal vein, prominent, glabrous; petiole to 70 cm long, 1-3 cm thick, brownish. Peduncle thick, smaller than the petiole; spathe 10-22 cm long, tube 5-15 cm long, 1-3.5 cm broad, with thick greenish brown streaks; limb ovate, apex curved down, finely acuminate, green with brown streaks. Spadix 11-15 cm long, clavate at apex, female flowers many in lower 1-3 cm long; neuter flowers filiform, simple or bifurcate, to 1 cm long.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-September
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kottayam, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad, Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Margins of evergreen forests, sholas and grasslands
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Distribution:
Southern 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):
Green, Brown
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous 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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
700-1200
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Localities:
Pothumala, Mangaladevi, Karimalagopuram, Devicolam, Pallivasal, Munnar, Sispara, Moozhiar, Kakki hills, Nedumpoyil, Attayar, Bonaccord, Karamanayar region, Athirumala
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