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Begonia trichocarpa
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Family:
BEGONIACEAE
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Citation: Begonia trichocarpa Dalz. in Hook.'s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 3: 230. 1851; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 653. 1879; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 546(386). 1919; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 159. 1998; Kumar et al., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 26: 137. 2002.
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Description:
Large herbs; stem reddish, flaccid, sub-erect, hispid. Leaves simple, alternate, 8 x 3 cm, ovate-oblong, acuminate, obliquely cordate at base, hirtus, membranous, 5-nerved from the base; petiole 1-3 cm long, hispid; stipule 6 x 2 mm, lanceolate. Cymes 2 cm across, lateral; peduncle 1-2 cm long, flowers 1-3 together. Male flowers: tepals 4, outer 5 x 7 mm, hispid; inner smaller, curved, glabrous. Female flowers: tepals 4 or 5, similar to male flowers; ovary hispid, 3-locular, placenta single, styles 3, each divided in to two branches at apex. Capsule 1 x 2 cm obovate, truncate at apex, wings acute above, subequal; seeds minute, many, hexagonal.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-December
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District(s):
Idukki, Kottayam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests
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Distribution:
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:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
Vulnerable (VU)
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Poringal, Koruthode
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