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Cressa cretica
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Family:
CONVOLVULACEAE
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Citation: Cressa cretica L., Sp. Pl. 223. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 225. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 922(647). 1923.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Azhukanni, Rudravanti
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Stems basally woody, much-branched above, the branches pilose. Leaves closely condensed, sessile, ovate-lanceolate to ovate, 2.5-9 mm long, 1-6 mm wide, apically acute, basally cuneate, rounded or subcordate, gray-green, pubescent with appressed indument. Inflorescence of compacted, subsessile bracteate flower clusters at the tips of the branchlets. Flowers sessile in the upper leaf axils, forming short compact spikes; sepals ovoid, 3-4 mm long, abruptly acute, silky pubescent; corolla 5-6 mm long, white with a pink flush on the lobes, campanulate, the tube and oblong-ovate lobes about equal in length; styles and stamens exserted from the tube for 2-4 mm. Fruits capsular, ovoid, 3-4 mm long; seeds usually 1, glabrous and shining, dark brown.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
May-August
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District(s):
Kasaragode
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Sandy plains
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Distribution:
India and Sri Lanka
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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):
White
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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:
Taliparamba
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