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Hedyotis articularis ssp. santapaui
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Hedyotis articularis R. Br. ex Wight & Arn. ssp. santapaui (Shetty & Vivek.) Deb & Dutta, Taxon 32: 284. 1983; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 67. 1998; Dutta & Deb, Taxonomic Revision Hedyotis 87. 2004.
Hedyotis santapaui Shetty & Vivek., Bull. Bot. Surv. India 11: 447. ff. 1-11. 1969 (1972).
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Description:
Shrubs robust, stem acutely angular to winged, glabrous. Leaves subsessile, 2-5.2 x 1-1.3 cm, lanceolate, glabrous, acute, contracted at base to short, flattened petiole; nerves ribbed below, glabrous; stipules 5-10 x 2-3 mm with pectinate bristles, pubescent to glabrous, glandular black at apex, usually winged at base. Flowers 7-8 mm long, sparsely pubescent outside. Hypanthium 0.8-1 mm long; calyx limb 0.5 mm long; lobes 4-2-3 mm long, lanceolate, glabrous. Capsule 2-3 x 2-3 mm, globose or subglobose, top raised within the calyx lobes.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-December
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District(s):
Idukki, Kottayam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola forests
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Distribution:
Southern 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):
Pink, White, Violet
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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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
Vulnerable (VU)
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Devicolam
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