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Asystasia dalzelliana
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Family:
ACANTHACEAE
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Citation: Asystasia dalzelliana Sant., Kew Bull. 1948: 276. 1948; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 222. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 300. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 275. 1985; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 298. 1989; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 332. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 570. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 343. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 343. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 269. 1995; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 490. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 232. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 292. 1998; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 376. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 533. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 606. 2009.
Asystasia violacea Dalz. ex Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4:494.1884; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1063(744). 1884, non Dalz. 1850.
Asystasia coromandelina Curtis, Bot. Mag. t. 4248. 1846, non Wight.
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Description:
Erect or diffuse herbs; branches 4-angled, tomentose. Leaves simple, opposite, 2-3.5 x 1.5-2.2 cm, broadly ovate to elliptic, apex acuminate, base cuneate; lateral nerves close, pubescent; petiole to 1 cm long. Flowers in terminal or subterminal secund racemes. Calyx lobes 5, 5-6 mm long, lanceolate. Corolla lilac or blue; tube to 2.5 cm long, puberulous without; lobes 5, subequal, spreading, orbicular. Stamens 4; anthers c. 3 mm long. Style to 1.5 cm long, puberulous below. Capsule to 1.5 cm long, calvate, stalked, pubescent, beaked; seeds 2-4, 0.5 mm cross, orbicular or angular.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-January
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests and also in the plains
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Distribution:
Tropical Asia and Africa
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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):
Blue
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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:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Rosemala, Kallar, Vellimala, Nelluyampathy forests, Tiruvalla, Pathenthode, Panathur, Karimbam, Taliparamba, Kannoth, Neriamangalam to Velvara, Ponmudi, Thazhakkara, Nedumkayam, Vandalodu, Thenmalai
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