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Biophytum longipedunculatum
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Family:
OXALIDACEAE
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Citation: Biophytum longipedunculatum Govind., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 20: 312. 1996; Manna in Hajra et al., Fl. India 4: 234. 1997; Gopalan & Henry, Endemic Pl. Agasthiyamala 65. 2000; N.P. Balakr. & W. Arisdason in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 572. 2005.
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Description:
Annual, to 40 cm high; stems unbranched, woody, densely retrorsely strigose above. Leaves obovate, 7.5-12 x 2-3 cm; stipules linear-lanceolate, to 3 mm long; rachises adaxially sulcate, strigose, barren below; leaflets 9-18 pairs, asymmetric, thick at margin, cuspidate at apex, densely appressed-strigose above, glabrous at margin and beneath; terminal leaflets obovate, oblique, (13-) 8 x (6-) 10 mm; lateral leaflets elliptic or oblong, oblique at base, slightly undulate, 15-20 x 7-8(-10) mm. Peduncles 14-23 cm long, densely hairy; bracts ovate-lanceolate, 1-1.3 mm long, hairy at margin, 1-nerved. Flowers 6-8 in an umbel; pedicels 7-10 mm long, strigose. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 3-3.5 x 0.2-0.3 mm, usually 7-nerved, sparsely strigose on nerves. Petals obovate, rounded at apex, 3.5-4.5 x 0.5-0.6 mm, 4-nerved. Filaments ca 2.5 mm long. Ovary ellipsoid-ovoid, 5-lobed, 1-1.5 x 0.4-0.8 mm, pubescent; ovules 3 or 4 in each locule; styles ca 0.5 mm long; stigma discoid. Capsules obovoid, ca 3 x 2.8 mm, hairy; seeds bipyramidal, 4-gonous, acute at both ends, ca 1 x 0.8 mm, sparsely and unevenly tubercled, reddish brown and arillate.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-November
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District(s):
Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous 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):
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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:
Endangered (EN)
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Altitude:
250-800
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Localities:
Anakkayam
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