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Hippocratea bourdillonii
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Family:
HIPPOCRATEACEAE
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Citation: Hippocratea bourdillonii Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1916: 132. 1916 & Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 213(153). 1918; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 224. 2009.
Loeseneriella bourdillonii (Gamble) Ramam. in Saldanha & Nicolson, Fl. Hassan Dist. 315. 1976; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 97. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 118. 1990; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 108. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 70. 1998; K. Ramam. & B.D. Naithani in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 140. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 66. 2002; K. Ramam. & P. Venu in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 708. 2005.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Aattupullanivalli
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Branchlets 4-angled. Leaves 8-13 x 4-6 cm, oblong, apex abruptly acuminate, base rounded, margins recurved, sub-entire. Flowers in pedunculate cymes, peduncle to 5 cm long, quadrangular; sepals 1.5 mm long, ovate, acute, pubescent; petals 6 x 2 mm, lanceolate, acute, pubescent outside; disk densely hairy along the rim; filaments 1.5 mm long; ovary projected above the disk.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-May
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Kannur, Thrissur, Kozhikkode, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and semi-evergreen 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):
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:
-100
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Localities:
Peechi, Chimmini, Puthussery, Pathenthode, Kariamchola, on way to Nilamel, Panoth, Thuthampara, Silent Valley R. F.
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