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Corallocarpus epigaeus
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Family:
CUCURBITACEAE
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Citation: Corallocarpus epigaeus (Rottl. & Willd.) Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 628. 1879; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 541(382). 1919; Chakrav., Fasc. Fl. Ind. 11: 28. 1982; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 136. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 134. 2002.
Bryonia epigaea Rottl. & Willd., Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Neue Schriften ser. 4. 212. 1803.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kilimukkankizhangu
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Vines. Leaves 3-5 angled, to 8 x 8 cm, pubescent, apex acute, base cordate, dentate; petiole to 3 cm. Flowers monoecious, yellow; male flowers in racemes, to 1 cm; peduncles to 5 cm, stout; corolla 2 mm across, pubescent; stamens 3, erect; female flowers solitary, 2 mm across; ovary 4 mm, oblong, beaked. Fruit 1.5 x 1 cm, ellipsoid, beaked, circumscissile at base; seeds ca. 8.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-March
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests
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Distribution:
India, Tropical Africa and West 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):
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:
Sivapura, Kuchimudi
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