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Cassytha filiformis
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Family:
LAURACEAE
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Citation: Cassytha filiformis L., Sp. Pl. 35. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 188. 1886; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1241(868). 1925; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 250. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 344. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 323. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 392. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 688. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 397. 1994; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 608. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 696. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Akasavalli, Moodillathali
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Leafless twiners. Spikes terminal or axillary; peduncle 2-4.5 cm; bracteoles 3, ovate, 1.2 mm, ciliate. Flowers sub sessile, in spikes, 3-merous, bisexual, 3 mm across. Tepals 6, free, unequal, 3+3, truncate, obtuse; outer lobes ovate-orbicular, 1.2 mm, ciliate; inner lobes obovate, 2.5 mm. Fertile stamens 9; filaments 1.5 mm; glands sessile; anthers 2-celled, 1.5 mm; staminodes 3, to 1 mm. Ovary 1.5 mm; style 0.5mm; stigma capitate. Drupe globose, enclosed within inflated perianth, crowned by lobes; seed 1.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-September
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District(s):
Alappuzha, Kasaragode, Kollam, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Malappuram, Kozhikkode, Thrissur, Wayanad, Ernakulam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Among bushes in plains
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Distribution:
Pantropical
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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:
Yes
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Green, 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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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Ezhimala, Veli, Kovalam, Mulleria, Thiruvizha, Kanichukulangara
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