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Dicliptera foetida
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Family:
ACANTHACEAE
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Citation: Dicliptera foetida (Forssk.) Blatt., Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. 8: 361. 1921; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 337. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 294. 1998.
Justicia foetida Forssk., Fl. Aeg.-Arab. 5. 1775.
Dicliptera zeylanica Nees in DC., Prodr. 11: 474. 1847; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 552. 1884; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1073(752). 1924; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 203. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 347. 1990.
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Description:
Shrubs, 1-2 m high; stems terete. Leaves simple, opposite, 7 x 3.5 cm, elliptic, acute at both ends, glabrous except the nerves below; nerves 5 pairs; petiole 2.5 cm long. Flowers in peduncled axillary cymes; bracts 15 x 13 mm, deltoid, cuspidate. Calyx lobes 4 mm long, lanceolate, acuminate. Corolla pink, 20 mm long, bilabiate; lobes obtuse. Stamens 2, filaments hairy, anthers in two levels. Capsule clavate, widened above; seeds hirtus.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-April
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District(s):
Kozhikkode, Kannur, Idukki, Palakkad, Thrissur
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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:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Blue, Pink
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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:
Peechi, Vellimala, South Walakkad, Karapara estate way
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