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Flagellaria indica
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Family:
FLAGELLARIACEAE
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Citation: Flagellaria indica L., Sp. Pl. 333.1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6:391. 1892; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 424. 1984; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 411. 1989; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 489. 1994; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 517. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 712. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Panambuvalli
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Climbing perennial shrubs. Leaves sessile, 10-25 x 3-5 cm, lanceolate, base sheathing, 2-auricled, apex finely acuminate, cirrhose, many-nerved, coriaceous; sheaths longer than the internodes. Flowers bisexual, sessile, small in terminal 6-15 cm long panicles. Perianth-lobes 6, cream-coloured, 2-2.5 mm long, 1 or 2 outer suborbicular or ovate and inner whorl usually narrower, persistent. Stamens 6, exserted; filaments c. 2.5 mm long, persistent; anthers linear. Ovary c. 1.5 mm long, trigonous; style very short or none; stigmas 3, long and spreading. Drupe 5-7 mm across, globose, 1-3-seeded, red or finally black; the perianth and filaments becoming chaffy and persisting beneath the drupe.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-October
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District(s):
Kottayam, Alappuzha, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Mangroves and swampy areas
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Distribution:
Tropical Asia and Africa
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Aquatic:
Yes
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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:
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:
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Localities:
Kodumon, Pathirapally, Nulayakadkavu
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