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Dendrophthoe neelgherrensis
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Family:
LORANTHACEAE
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Citation: Dendrophthoe neelgherrensis (Wight & Arn.) Tieghem, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 4: 252. 1895; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 355. 1998; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 579. 2002.
Loranthus neelgherrensis Wight & Arn., Prodr. 382. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 216. 1886; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1254(877). 1925.
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Description:
Large woody parasitic shrubs; branches transversally rugose, glabrous. Leaves to 7-10 x 3.5 cm, obovate, obtuse, coriaceous, narrowed to the base; petiole to 7 mm long. Flowers 3-6 together in axillary cymes; peduncle 7 mm long, slender; bracts small, ovate; pedicel 3 mm long, puberulus; calyx obscurely toothed; corolla 15-20 mm long, yellow, cleft to below the middle, lobes recurved. Berry 7 x 4 mm, obovoid.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-July
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District(s):
Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
South 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:
Yes
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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:
1000-1200
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Localities:
Vellimala, Mlappara, Santhanpara, Chemungi
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