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Cosmostigma racemosum
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Family:
ASCLEPIADACEAE
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Citation: Cosmostigma racemosum (Roxb.) Wight, Contrib. 42. 1834 & Ic. t. 591. 1842; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 46. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 846(595). 1923; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 168. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 258. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 232. 1985; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 431. 1990; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 288. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 249. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 194. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 449. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 317. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 439. 2009.
Asclepias racemosa Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 32. 1832.
Cosmostigma acuminatum Wight, Ic. t. 1270. 1848.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Vattuvalli, Vattolam
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Climbing herbs, stem glabrous. Leaves 6-10 x 3-5 cm, ovate, apex acute or acuminate, base rounded or subcordate, 5-ribbed, glabrous with a few small black glandular papillae at base, lateral nerves 3 pairs; petiole to 2.5 cm long. Racemes to 2.5 cm long. Flowers 8 mm across, many together; pedicels 1 cm long, slender, pubescent; sepals small, ovate to orbicular, ciliate; corolla greenish-yellow with brown dots, 4 mm long, lobes ovate; gynostegium 2 mm across, outer corona lobes orbicular, emarginate, membranous; inner corona similar to outer.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-June
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests, scrub jungles and sacred groves
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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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):
Green
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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:
500-750
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Localities:
Peechi, Sabarimala, Orukomban, Attappady R.F., Moozhiar, Taliparamba, Sreekantapuram, Sharangakavu, Bonaccord
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