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Arisaema tylophorum
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Family:
ARACEAE
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Citation: Arisaema tylophorum C.E.C. Fisch., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1933: 346. 1933 & Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1891(1308). 1936; Chatterjee, Bull. Bot. Soc. Bengal 8: 137. 1959; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 333. 1988; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 474. 1998; Sivad. in Manoharan et al., Silent Valley-Whispers Reason 241. 1999.
Arisaema wightii sensu C.E.C. Fisch. in Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1891(1105). 1936, non Schott 1859.
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Description:
Corm 1-2 cm across, globose. Leaflets 7, to 16 x 4 cm, elliptic-oblong, caudate-acuminate, base attenuate, glabrous; petiolule 1-2 cm long; petiole to 40 cm long, 0.8 cm thick, brown spotted. Spadix solitary, at the level of the leaves; peduncle from the petiole 10 cm long; spathe to 10 cm long; tube deep brown; limb ovate, horizontal, green with white lines, finely acuminate, acumen 4-5 cm long; spadix to 6 cm long, 3 mm thick, narrowed above; curved near the apex and terminated by a small knot of 3 mm thick.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad
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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, White
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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:
Kottamala, Sispara
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