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Arisaema tortuosum var. curvatum
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Family:
ARACEAE
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Citation: Arisaema tortuosum (Wall.) Schott var. curvatum (Roxb.) Engl., Pflanzenr. 23F: 191. 1920.
Arum curvatum Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 3: 506. 1832.
Arisaema curvatum (Roxb.) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 3: 20. 1841.
Arisaema neglectum Schott, Bonplandia 7: 26. 1859; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 504. 1893.
Arisaema murrayi sensu Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 332. 1988, non (Graham) Hooker, 1848.
Arisaema tortuosum (Wall.) Schott var. neglectum (Schott) C.E.C. Fisch. in Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1585(1105). 1931.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Whipcord Cobra Lily
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Description:
Usually monoecious but sometimes paradioecious. Leaves (1-) 2, pedate; leaflets 11-13, linear to lanceolate, 9-19 x 0.6-1.7 (-2.5) cm. Spathe longer than the foliage, green, ribbed; tube 5.4-5 cm long, cylindrical, gradually broadening into an ovate, caudate-acuminate limb, larger than the tube. Spadix appendage 8-19 cm long, stout, at first curved and then prolonged upright beyond the limb, black when dry. In monoecious forms the male zone longer than the female. Stamens stalked; anther dehiscence porose. Ovary ovoid, c. 1.5 mm long; style short, stigma discoid, papillate. Berry 6-7 mm broad. Seeds 4-5, ± angular-ovoid, testa rugose, coriaceous, yellowish-brown.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-July
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kannur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen 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):
Green
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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:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Valiyaparathode
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