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Cannabis sativa ssp. indica
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Family:
CANNABACEAE
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Citation: Cannabis sativa L. ssp. indica (Lam.) Small & Cronq., Taxon 25: 426. 1976.
Cannabis indica Lam., Encycl. 1: 695. 1785.
Cannabis sativa sensu Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 772. 1832, non L. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 487. 1888; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1350(945). 1928; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 385. 1984; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 389. 1998.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kanchavu, Sivamooli
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Gallow grass, Indian hemp, Marijuana, Mary Jane, True hemp, Soft hemp
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Description:
Shrubs 1-3 m tall, branchlets densely white pubescent. Leaves alternate; (3-)7-15 x 0.5-1.5(-2) cm with longest in middle, lanceolate to linear, apex acuminate, coarsely serrate abaxially whitish green, strigose, and with scattered brownish resinous dots, adaxially dark green and with cystolith hairs; petiole 2-7 cm long; stipules linear. Male inflorescences ca. 25 cm, flowers yellowish green, nodding; pedicel 2-4 mm, slender; sepals ovate to lanceolate, 2.5-4 mm, membranous, sparsely hairy; petals absent; filament 0.5-1 mm; anthers oblong. Female inflorescences crowded in apical leaf axils among leafy bracts and bracteoles, flowers: green, sessile; calyx sparsely pubescent; ovary globose, more or less enclosed by the calyx, surrounded closely by bract and bracteoles; persistent bracts yellow. Achenes 2-5 mm, flattened ovoid, finely reticulate.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
Kollam, Idukki, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Illegally cultivated in forest areas
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Distribution:
Probably native of Central 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):
Creamy, White
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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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:
Thannikkudy, Munnar
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