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Begonia cordifolia
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Family:
BEGONIACEAE
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Citation: Begonia cordifolia (Wight) Thw., Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 129. 1859; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 641. 1879; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 546(385). 1919; Pandura. & V.J. Nair, Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 17: 174. 1993; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 137. 1997; Kumar et al., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 26: 137. 2002.
Diploclinium cordifolium Wight, Ic. t. 1816. 1852.
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Description:
Perennial acaulescent herbs; rhizomes subterranean, horizontal. Leaves 6-20 x 4-23 cm, ovate or rotundate, deeply cordate at base, acute to obtuse or emarginate at apex, crenate-dentate at margins, sparsely pilose and blotched above; petiole erect to ascending 5-35 cm long, pinkish. Scapes a few per axils bearing up to 10 flowers. Male flowers: tepals 4, the outer rotundate, to 15 mm wide, trunctate or cordate at base, inner oblanceolate, rounded at apex; stamens about 45, connate at base. Female flowers: tepals 5, but rarely two of them are wanting, semi-persistent in capsule, outer paid rotundate, to 17 mm wide, glabrous, inner unequal, 12 x 5 mm, obovate to oblong. Ovary 6-20 x 5-15 mm including wings; style 3, connate at base; stigma papillose. Capsule thick, whitish.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
June-December
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District(s):
Kollam, Pathanamthitta
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
India and Sri Lanka
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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):
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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IUCN status:
Near Threatened (NT)
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Altitude:
600-1200
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Localities:
Kattalappara, Kulathupuzha, Kulamavu
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