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Begonia canarana
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Family:
BEGONIACEAE
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Citation: Begonia canarana Miq., Anal. Bot. Ind. 3: 18. 1852; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 652. 1879; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 546(385). 1919; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 124. 1982; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 301. 1990.
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Description:
Monoecious herbs to 15 cm tall; stems slender, tranluscent. Leaves alternate, 2.5 cm across, ovate or orbicular, base equqlly sub-cordate, margin coarsely serrate, glabrous; stipules small, ovate. Flowers white, in axillary cymes. Male flowers; tpals 4, petaloid, obovate or orbicular; stamens numerous; filaments connate. Female flowers: perianth of 2-6 petaloid segments, outer 2 usually larger. Ovary inferior, 2-4 celled; stigma 3-5 lobed. Capsule 2-winged, one wing much larger; seeds minute, reticulate.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-October
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District(s):
Malappuram, Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist shady places among rock crevices in evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern 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):
White
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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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
Vulnerable (VU)
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