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Cissampelopsis ansteadii
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Cissampelopsis ansteadii (Tadul. & Jacob) Jeffrey & Chen, Kew Bull. 39: 341. 1984; R. Mathur in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 195.1995; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 174. 1997; Vanijajiva & Kadereit, Kew Bull. 63: 223. 2008.
Senecio ansteadii Tadul. & Jacob, J. Indian Bot. Soc. 9: 40. 1930; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1882(1302). 1936.
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Description:
Climbing shrubs. Leaves alternate, , to 9 x 7 cm, ovate, obtusely acute to acuminate base truncate, margin dentate, densely white tomentose below when young, basally 5-nerved. Flowers in axillary and terminal corymbs. Involucral bracts 5, glabrous. Corolla yellow. Achenes glabrous.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-April
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District(s):
Kollam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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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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Endemic to:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Pongumala
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