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Biophytum umbraculum
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Family:
OXALIDACEAE
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Citation: Biophytum umbraculum Welw., Apont. 590. 1859; Santhosh et al., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 24: 746. 2000; N.P. Balakr. & W. Arisdason in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 575. 2005.
Biophytum petersianum Klotz. in Peters Reise Mossamb. Bot. 1: 81, t. 15. 1862; Manna in Hajra et al., Fl. India 4: 235. 1997.
Biophytum apodiscias (Turcz.) Edgew. & Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 437. 1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 133(95). 1928.
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Description:
Annual, unbranched, to 7 cm high. Leaves (3-) 4-7(-9)- jugate; rachises 0.5-1.5 cm long, sparsely hirsute; leaflets often overlapping; terminal ones obovate, somewhat oblique, 3.5-6 x 3.5-5 mm, with an eccentric midnerve; other leaflets 3-angled to elliptic, obtuse-apiculate at apex, sparsely hairy at margin or not, with a more or less median midnerve. Peduncles to 3 cm long, appressed-strigose and glandular-hairy; pedicels 1-2.5 mm long, bristly. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, 3-4 x ca 0.5 mm, sparsely glandular-hairy, 7-nerved. Petals rounded-retuse at apex, 5-6 mm long, yellow below, with red nerves above. Filaments 1-2 mm long, pilose to subglabrous. Style 0.5-1.5 mm long; stigma flat, crenate. Fruits 3.5-4 mm long; seeds transversely tubercled.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-November
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District(s):
Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shady places, wasteland and riverbanks in crevices of rocks
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Distribution:
Tropical Africa, Madagascar and Tropical South East Asia
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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):
Yellow
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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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