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Gymnostachyum latifolium var. latifolium
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Family:
ACANTHACEAE
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Citation: Gymnostachyum latifolium (Dalz.) Anders., J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 9: 505. 1867, var. latifolium; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 509. 1884; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1053(738). 1924; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 279. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 204. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 337. 1988; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 296. 1998; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 612. 2009.
Cryptophragmium latifolium Dalz. in Hook.'s, J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 2: 137. 1850.
Phlogacanthus latifolius Wight, Ic. t. 1537. 1850.
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Description:
Subshrubs, stem with small warts. Leaves 9-12 x 5-6 cm, broadly elliptic, acuminate at apex, glabrous; nerves 10-13 pairs, nervules parallel; petiole 5-6 cm long. Panicles axillary and terminal, minutely strigose; bracts and bracteoles similar, linear. Flowers densely packed, pedicelled; sepals 5.5 mm long, lanceolate, basally united. Corolla 15 mm long, greenish-yellow, lobes oblong, obtuse; filaments thinly hairy at base. Capsule 2 x 0.2 cm, linear-oblong, acute; seeds ovoid, golden brown, densely hairy.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-November
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad, Kasaragode, Kannur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Western Ghats
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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):
Yellow, Green
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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:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Chokkampetti, Damsite, Teerthundamala
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