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Bacopa hamiltoniana
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Family:
SCROPHULARIACEAE
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Citation: Bacopa hamiltoniana (Benth.) Wettst. in Engl. & Prantl, Naturl. Pflanzenfam. 4(3b): 77. 1891; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 192. 1982; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 511. 1990; Joseph, Aquatic Angiosp. Malabar 210. 1991; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 319. 1996.
Herpestis hamiltoniana Benth., Scroph. Ind. 30. 1835; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 272. 1884.
Moniera hamiltoniana (Benth.) Cooke, Fl. Pres. Bombay 2: 286. 1905; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 953(669). 1923.
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Description:
Stout herbs, erect or decumbent at base, stem simple or branched. Leaves to 2.5 x 0.5 cm, linear lanceolate, acute, base truncate, entire, subsessile. Flowers sessile, axillary; bracteoles linear, subulate. Calyx 4 mm long, 5-partite, 2 outer lobes brodly ovate, 3 x 3 mm; inner 3 x 1 mm, lanceolate. Corolla bluish-pink, slightly longer than the calyx; upper lip emarginated. Stamens didynamous; anthers white. Ovary globose, 3 mm aross, 2-celled, ovules many in each cell; style dilated at apex. Capsule globose, 3 mm across; seeds narrowly oblong, yellowish-brown.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-February
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District(s):
Ernakulam, Malappuram, Kozhikkode, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Along stream banks
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Distribution:
India, Myanmar and West Africa
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Aquatic:
Yes
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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):
Pink
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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:
Peechi
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