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Ctenolepis garcinii
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Family:
CUCURBITACEAE
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Citation: Ctenolepis garcinii (Burm. f.) Clarke in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 629. 1879; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 136. 1999.
Sicyos garcinii Burm. f., Fl. Ind. 211. 1768.
Blastania garcinii (Burm. f.) Cogn. in A. & C. DC., Monogr. Phan. 3: 629. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 540(381). 1919; Chakrav., Fasc. Fl. Ind. 11: 13. 1982.
Bryonia garcinii Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 623. 1805.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kozhikodalam
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Tamil name(s):
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Description:
Slender, much branched, glabrous to shortly hispid climbers. Leaves simple, alternate,1.5-5.5 x 2-6.5 cm, reniform in outline, very deeply, palmately 3-5- lobed, deeply cordate, lobes obtuse, coarsely serrate-dentate, shortly hispid-scabrid on both surfaces; petiole 1.5-4.5 cm long, shortly hirsute becoming hispid-scabrid with age, bearing in axil a large stipuliform, long-coarsely-ciliate, shortly pubescent, Flowers small, with male racemes very short, concealed by bract; bract up to 0.8 x 0.5 cm, with filiform cilia up to 0.5 cm long. Calx lobes 1 mm long. Stamens 3. Female flowers also concealed by bract, as in male. Fruit 5 mm long, 8 x 6 mm across, subglabrous, minutely verrucose; seeds 2-3.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-January
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Peninsular 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):
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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:
Kalladuthupurai
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