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Begonia integrifolia
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Family:
BEGONIACEAE
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Citation: Begonia integrifolia Dalz. in Hook.'s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 3: 230. 1851; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 648. 1879; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 546(385). 1919; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 180. 1985; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 218. 1990; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 303. 1997; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 399. 2009.
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Description:
Small, tuberous herbs; stem short, reddish, succulent. Leaves simple, alternate, 13-25 x 6-11 cm, ovate, irregularly serrate-dentate, apex acute, base cordate, slightly oblique, sparsely hairy; petiole 4-15 cm long. Flowers pinkish, unequal, in axillary dichotomously branched cymes. Male flowers: tepals 4 in 2 whorls; outer 2 orbicular, larger. Stamens many; filaments united at base. Female flowers: to 8 mm long, tepals 5, free; inner 1 smaller; ovary inferior; styles 2; stigma branched. Capsule with 3 unequal wings, 1 larger.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-August
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District(s):
Kasaragode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Wayanad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Peninsular India
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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:
Peninsular India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Panathur, Mukkali forests, Konnakadu, Nadugani ghats, Saivila
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