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Hoya retusa
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Family:
ASCLEPIADACEAE
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Citation: Hoya retusa Dalz. in Hook.'s J. Bot. Kew. Gard. Misc. 4: 294. 1852; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 56. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 849(597). 1923; Subram., Indian For. 96: 528. 1970; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 222. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 251. 1998.
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Description:
Epiphyte with slender terete stem, glabrous. Leaves usually clustered at short branch tips, to 8 x 0.4 cm, linear-spathulate, retuse at apex, subsessile. Flowers creamy, to 1 cm across, axillary, solitary; pedicels to 1 cm long, slender, filiform; sepals 1 mm long, oblong, obtuse, hispid outside; corolla 10 mm across, creamy white, lobes triangular; corona deep purple, 5 mm across, lobes obovoid, radiating.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-October
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District(s):
Idukki, Kollam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Western Ghats
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
Yes
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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):
Creamy, 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:
Koruthode, Kulathupuzha, Kulathupuzha
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