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Asclepias curassavica
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Family:
ASCLEPIADACEAE
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Citation: Asclepias curassavica L., Sp. Pl. 215. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 18. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 833(585). 1923; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 170. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 256. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 282. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 245. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 428. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 293. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 296. 1994; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 284. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 422. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 246. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 190. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 192. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 322. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 437. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 527. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Chemullichedi, Kammalchedi
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Blood flower, Bastard ipecac, Curassavian swallow-wort, Silkweed
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Description:
Herbs, stem terete, glaucous. Leaves simple, opposite, 7-10 x 3-4 cm, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, glabrous; nerves 8-13 pairs, narrow; petiole 1 cm long. Flowers in axillary peduncled cyme; peduncle to 5 cm long, solitary, erect, dichotomous; pedicels 6-15 together, 1.5-2 cm long, slender. Sepals 2.5 mm long, ovate. Corolla ca. 1.2 cm across, orange-red, tube short, lobes oblong, deflexed. Coronal lobes yellow, 7 mm long. Follicle to 7 x 1.5 cm, terete or fusiform; seeds many.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-November
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Degraded forests and wastelands in moist localities
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Distribution:
Originally from Tropical America; now naturalised throughout the tropics
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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):
Red, Yellow
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Weed:
Yes
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Sholayar, Churullipetty, Koruthode, Thunakkadavu, Mananthavady, Tolpetty, Mundurapalai river side, Venmony, Nellikuth
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