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Connarus wightii
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Family:
CONNARACEAE
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Citation: Connarus wightii Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 51. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 272(194). 1918; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 68. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 120. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 141. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 87. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 83. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 172. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 85. 1998; M.S. Mondal in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 532. 2000; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 151. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 259. 2009.
Connarus ritchiei Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 51. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 273(194). 1918; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 132. 1984.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kuringil
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Large climbing shrubs. Leaflets 15 x 5 cm, elliptic-oblong, abruptly acuminate, rounded at base; nerves 5 or 6 pairs, reticulate; petiole 6 mm long, transversally rugose. Panicle 18 x 12 cm, axillary on old branches, ferrugineous hairy. Flowers subsessile, few-together; sepals 2.5 mm long, hispid; petals 4.5 x 1.5 mm, oblanceolate, puberulus outside; filaments unequal; fertile one 2 mm long; ovary densely hairy.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-May
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District(s):
Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Palakkad, Kollam, Kannur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
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):
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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:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Rosemala, Pachakkanam, Sabarimala, Mukkali forests, Vattapara-Siruvani forests, Nadugani ghats, Thalichola, Vandalodu
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