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Gymnopetalum tubiflorum
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Family:
CUCURBITACEAE
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Citation: Gymnopetalum tubiflorum (Wight & Arn.) Cogn. in DC., Mon. Phan. 3: 388. 1881; De Wilde & Duyfjes, Blumea 51: 292. 2006; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 391. 2009.
Bryonia tubiflora Wight & Arn., Prodr. 1: 347. 1834.
Gymnopetalum wightii Arn., Madras J. Lit. Sci. 8: 52. 1840; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 611. 1879; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 530(374). 1919; Chakrav., Fasc. Fl. Ind. 11: 54. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 175. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 118. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 199. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 291. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 213. 1990; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 202. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 135. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 290. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 154. 1998.
Gymnopetalum zeylanicum Arn., Hook.'s J. Bot. 3:278.1841.
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Description:
Perennial herbs; stems very slender, furrowed, shortly hairy to subglabrous. Leaves simple, alternate, 2.5-8 x 2.5-7 cm, ovate-cordate, narrow to moderate sinus at base, apex acuminate, acute, shallowly to somewhat deeply 3-5-lobed or occasionally subentire, lobes acute or obtuse, margin dentate, each tooth terminated by mucro c. 0.5 mm long, apical mucro up to thrice as large, scabrid above with coarse, tubercle-based hairs, indumentum of softer, long, white simple hairs beneath; petiole 1.5-4 cm long, softly pubescent with short, white hairs intermixed with very much longer, patent, white, coarse, tubercle-based hairs, Inflorescence racemose, flowers white. Male flowers in short, stalked, umbellate racemes; peduncles up to 4.5 cm long, bracts 2 mm long, linear-filiform; pedicel 5-6 mm long; calyx lobes 1-1.5 x0.15 mm, linear-subulate, tube c. 1 cm long, minutely pubescent, sparsely long hirsute; corolla tube 1.5 cm long, lobes 7-8 x 3.5-4 mm, broadly ovate- to obovate oblong, apex obtuse to subacute, narrowed at base. Female flowers: calyx and corolla lobes similar to male; ovary c. 3.5 x 0.75-1 mm, densely hairy. Fruit red, 4.5-5 x 1 .75 cm, ovate-ellipsoid, tapered at each end, finely, sparsely hairy; mature fruiting pedicel (1.5-)3-5.5 cm long; seeds c. 7 x 4 mm, somewhat oblong, smooth, blackish.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-November
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District(s):
Kasaragode, Idukki, Malappuram, Palakkad, Kannur, Kollam, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
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):
White
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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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Altitude:
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Localities:
Vazhani, Pandimotta, Vavalala, Poochapara, on way to Kannoth, Kumbla, Kaikatty forests-Pothundy, Kanjirakadavu
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