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Clematis bourdillonii
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Family:
RANUNCULACEAE
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Citation: Clematis bourdillonii Dunn, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 181. 1914 & in Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 3(2). 1915; M. A. Rau in B. D. Sharma et al., Fl. India 1: 59. 1993; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 40. 1994; N.P. Balakr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 112. 2005.
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Description:
Climbing or straggling shrub; branches glabrous or sparsely hairy. Leaves 1- or 2-ternate; leaflets oblong or elliptic, entire, Sometimes coarsely toothed, acute or obtuse, 6-8 x 2.8-4.5 cm; nerves raised. Flowers many, calyx 2 cm across, in axillary or terminal panicles; pedicels to 1.7 cm long. Sepals 4, reflexed, villous outside, glabrous inside. Filaments glabrous; connectives produced considerably beyond anther lobes. Achenes with ca 5 cm long feathery tails.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-August
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District(s):
Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats (Kerala)
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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):
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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:
Kerala
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IUCN status:
Vulnerable (VU)
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