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Hippocratea obtusifolia
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Family:
HIPPOCRATEACEAE
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Citation: Hippocratea obtusifolia Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 166. 1820; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 623. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 213(153). 1918.
Loeseneriella obtusifolia (Roxb.) A. C. Smith, Amer. J. Bot. 28: 440. 1941; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 56. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 118. 1990; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 70. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 68. 1999; K. Ramam. & B.D. Naithani in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 141. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 67. 2002; K. Ramam. & P. Venu in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 708. 2005.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Puramkodi
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Stragglers, branchlets grey. Leaves 3-6 x 2-4 cm, ovate-lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, apex obtuse or rounded, coarsely crenate, coriaceous. Panicles axillary or terminal, to 25 cm long; sepals 5, 1.5 mm, acuminate; petals 3.5 x 3 mm, greenish, spreading, coriaceous; stamens inserted on the disc, disc angular.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-September
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Paleotropics
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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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
-100
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Localities:
Sivapura, Koruthode, Pandaravarai, Kottayali, Panthenthode border, Walayar
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