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Helixanthera obtusata
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Family:
LORANTHACEAE
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Citation: Helixanthera obtusata (Schult.) Danser, Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. ser. 3, 10: 317. 1929; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 327. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 240. 1988; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 37. 1996; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 58. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 357. 1998; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 428. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 709. 2009.
Loranthus obtusatus Schult. in Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. 7: 1650. 1830; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 205. 1886; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1251(876). 1925.
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Description:
Parasitic shrubs, branchlets terete, slender, ferrugineus-tomentose. Leaves simple, alternate, to 14 x 8 cm, ovate, obtuse, base rounded, coriaceous, glabrous, young leaves usually red; petiole 1 cm long. Flowers in many flowered axillary racemes which are solitaru or 2-3 together, to 8 cm long, densely golden tomentose; bracts with a small appendage.; pedicel 5 mm long, reflexed; Calyx 3 mm long, cylindric, slightly constricted at mouth, limb very short. Corolla dark pink, dark purple inside to 18 mm long, 4-angular and curved in bud, lobes 4, free, tomentose outside. Anthers dark brown. Style 4 angled, stigma capitate. Berry 4 mm long, ovoid, truncate at apex somewhat tuberculate.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-June
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District(s):
Kasaragode, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Palakkad, Wayanad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests and shola 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:
Yes
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Red
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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:
Ambari, Eravangalar, Nemakad, Mannavan shola, Kakki hills, Aruvanpara, Periyarum
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