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Asystasia gangetica ssp. gangetica
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Family:
ACANTHACEAE
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Citation: Asystasia gangetica (L.) Anders. in Thw., Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 235. 1860, ssp. gangetica; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 493. 1884; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1063(744). 1924; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 221. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 300. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 275. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 332. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 571. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 344. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 269. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 293. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 230. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 226. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 376. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 534. 2009.
Justicia gangetica L., Cent. Pl. 2: 3. 1756.
Asystasia gangetica (L.) Anders. var. mendeliana Kundu & Paul, Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 21:486.1997.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Upputhali
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Chinese violet, Creeping Foxglove
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Description:
Procumbent, perennial herbs, 30-80 cm long; stem branched, quandrangualr, scandent, densely adpressed puberulent; internode 3.5-10.5 cm long. Leaves opposite decussate, 3.5-5.5 x 2.5-4.5 cm, ovate deltoid, sub-cordate to cordate at base, acute or rarely obtuse at apex, entire, adpressed puberulent above, pale and tomentose beneath; lateral veins 6- 8 pairs; petiole 1-2 cm long, densely adpressed puberulent. Inflorescence 7-8 flowered lax spike like raceme; rachis 5-14 cm long; bracts and bracteoles c. 1.5 cm long, green, linear, acute, pubescent, persistent. Calyx divided to the base or nearly so, lobes 5, linear-lanceolate, 6-.8 mm long, acute, densely pubescent on both surface. Corolla tube funnel- shaped, 3-3.2 cm long, pubescent, limb 3.5-4 cm across, moderate yellow or white, lobes 5, rounded. Stamens 4, didynamous, included, filaments 6-8 mm long, with few small hairs, connate at the base in pairs; anthers oblong, 2-3 mm long, muticous. Ovary c. 2 cm long, pubescent, 2 celled, ovules 2 in each cell; style linear, 1.5-1.8 cm long, basal portion hairy; stigma 2-fid or subcapitate. Capsule clavate shaped, 2.7-3 x 0.3-0.4 cm, densely pubescent, opening widely in a reflexed curve; seeds 4, 3-4 mm across, compressed angular, orbicular, wrinkled sub-tuberculate, rugose with double dentate margin.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-December
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Degraded forest areas, also in the plains
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Distribution:
Peninsular India, Sri Lanka, Arabia 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):
Yellow
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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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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Chengamperu, Chinnar, Koruthode, Thekkady, Nelluyampathy forests, Plains and Hills, Cannanore, Pappinisseri, Taliparamba, Thaliyar, Walayar, Ponmudi, Kasaragod, Alappuzha beach, Kadakarapally, Pooyamkutty, Ariankavu
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