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Hugonia bellii
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Family:
LINACEAE
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Citation: Hugonia bellii Sedgw., Indian For. 46: 424. 1920; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 74. 1988; Hajra in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 574. 1993; J.L. Ellis & W. Arisdason in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 506. 2005.
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Description:
Scandent shrubs, densely tomentose. Leaves simple, alternate, 7-20 x 2-7 cm, narrowly obtuse or acute at apex, tapering at base,ferruginous-tomentose; nerves conspicuous on both surfaces; petioles 6-11 mm long, tomentose; stipules linear, laciniate, ca 15 mm long. Flowers in axillary in groups of 2 or more. Lower peduncles modified into circinate hooks; upper ones ca 15 mm long; bracts ca. 1 cm long. Sepals ovate, acute, 6 x 5 mm. Petals ca. 15 mm long, yellow, withering quickly. Stamens10, 10 mm long; filaments unequal. Ovary globose; styles filiform; stigma 2-lobed. Drupes globose, ca 2 mm, longitudinally striate, 10-loculed and dark brown; seeds compressed.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-January
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District(s):
Kannur, Wayanad, Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
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):
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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:
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Localities:
Panoth
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