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Hamelia patens
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Hamelia patens Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl. 16. 1760; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 145. 1982; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 324. 1990; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 347. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 453. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Fire Bush, Firecracker Plant
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Description:
Evergreen, woody shrubs; stem pubescent, sulcate, terete ultimately. Leaves opposite, 4.4-10.4 x 0.4-3.5 cm, elliptic, obovate-oblanceolate, glabrous, veins prominent abaxially, lateral-veins 6-8 paired, apex acute or shortly acuminate, margins entire: stipules 0.25 cm long, filiform, base broad; petiole 0.5-1.1 cm long, angled. Flowers sessile, 1.4-2.1 cm long, reddish-yellow. Calyx ca. 0.3-0.4 cm long; tube oblong, lobes 5, short, triangular, acute. Corolla ca. 1.2-1.8 cm long, lobes triangular. Anthers ca. 1.0 cm exserted. Style 1.4 cm long. Fruits uncommon.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as ornamental plant
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Distribution:
Native of Tropical America; cultivated throughout the tropics
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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):
Red, Orange
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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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:
Pareppady
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