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Burmannia stricta
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Family:
BURMANNIACEAE
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Citation: Burmannia stricta Jonker, Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks. Univ. Utrecht. 51: 156. 1938; Hajra in Nayar et al., Fasc. Fl. Ind. 19: 14. 1988.
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Description:
Saprophytic herbs, stem 5.0-13.5 cm high, unbranched. Leaves 0.5-1.5 mm long, scalelike, lanceolate, acuminate. Inflorescence 1-2-flowered. Flowers 6.0-12.0 mm long, subsessile, prominently 3-winged; bracts ca 1.0 mm long, lanceolate, obtuse. Outer perianth-lobes ca 1.0 mm long, triangular, acute, margin involute, without fleshy bags. Inner ones ca 0.5 mm long, linear, acute. Perianth-tube 3.0-4.0 mm long, cylindrical. Connective with two divergent, obtuse crests at apex and two short lateral arms, bearing thecae; spur tapering at base, hanging. Ovary ca 2.5-5.0 cm long, ellipsoid-obovoid; style thick-filiform; stigmas 3, cristate, funnel-shaped. Capsule ellipsoid to obovoid.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November
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District(s):
Ernakulam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist grasslands
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Distribution:
South India (Kerala)
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
Yes
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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:
Monocotyledonous 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:
Kerala
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IUCN status:
Critically Endangered (CR)
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Cochin
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