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Boehmeria macrophylla var. longissima
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Family:
URTICACEAE
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Citation: Boehmeria macrophylla Hornem. var. longissima (Hook.f.) V.S. Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 436. 1988; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 468. 2005.
Boehmeria platyphylla D. Don var. longissima Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 578. 1888; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1387(970). 1928.
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Description:
Dioecious subshrubs. Leaves opposite, unequal, elliptic-ovate, 5-13 by 2.5-6 cm, base rounded, margin coarsely dentate, apex acuminate, sparsely pubescent, membranous. Flowers minute, in clusters which are in slender, c. 15 cm long, axillary spikes. Achenes compressed.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-May
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District(s):
Pathanamthitta, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Along the sides of water courses in evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Peninsular 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):
Green, 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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Kakki hills, on way to Panoth
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