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Dioscorea hamiltonii
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Family:
DIOSCOREACEAE
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Citation: Dioscorea hamiltonii Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 295. 1892; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1512(1056). 1928; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 474. 1988; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 20. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 468. 1996; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 871. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Moodavenni, Sandikilangu, Thalikkizhangu, Venni
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English name(s):
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Description:
Stem angled, glabrous. Leaves ovate or lanceolate, acuminate, base truncate or cordate, glabrous, to 11 x 5 cm; basally 7-ribbed, intercostae close and subscalariform; petiole to 5 cm long. Male flowers in to 12 cm long slender axillary spikes; flowers in verticils. Perianth lobes ovate, 1.5 mm long, glabrous. Stamens 6. Female spikes to 2 cm long, rachis stout. Fruit orbicular, obcordate, 2.2 x 3 cm, glabrous.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-December
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District(s):
Kannur, Thrissur, Malappuram, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Myanmar
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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, Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous 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:
500-1000
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Localities:
Peechi, Vellanimala, Kannoth, Tolpetty
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