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Helixanthera intermedia
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Family:
LORANTHACEAE
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Citation: Helixanthera intermedia (Wight) Danser, Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. ser. 3, 10: 317. 1929; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 350. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 400. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 410. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 399. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 320. 1995; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 57. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 593. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 356. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 273. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 275. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 581. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 709. 2009.
Loranthus intermedius Wight, Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 6: 361. 1846; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 205. 1886; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1251(876). 1925.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Puluri
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Parasitic glabrous shrubs. Leaves simple, alternate, 4-8 x 3-5 cm, ovate, obtuse, coriaceous, base obtuse, truncate, or sub-cordate; petiole 1 cm long. Racemes 7 cm long, axillary, many-flowered; pedicel 7 mm long, slender, glabrous. Flower buds 4-angled and curved. Calyx truncate. Corolla lobes 4, straight, purplish pink or yellowish green, free to the base. Stamens 4; filaments attached below the middle of the corolla; stigma globose.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-March
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Kollam, Malappuram, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and moist deciduous 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:
Yes
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Red, 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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
500-750
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Localities:
Palapetty, Kottamala, Pampa, Thellickal, Shekkalmudi, Mananthavady, Panoth, Tirunalli, Old Devicolam, Devicolam, Walayar, Boneccord, Ponmudi, Punnapuzha, Ettapadappu, Karamanayar region
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