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Kamettia caryophyllata
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Family:
APOCYNACEAE
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Citation: Kamettia caryophyllata (Roxb.) Nicolson & Suresh, Taxon 35: 354. 1986; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 278. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 418. 1990; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 189. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 440. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 311. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 425. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 521. 2009.
Echites caryophyllata Roxb., Hort. Bengal 20. 1814.
Ellertonia rheedei Wight, Ic. t.1295. 1848; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 641. 1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 811(570). 1923; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 162. 1982; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 240. 1989; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 202. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 243. 1998.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Narumarathivu
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Large climbers, glabrous, tender stem reddish. Leaves 3-4 at nodes, 8-12 x 4-5 cm, oblong, apex abruptly acuminate, nerves to 14 pairs; petiole 5 mm long. Flowers in terminal peduncled cymes; bracts subulate; calyx 2 mm long, lobes acuminate, glabrous, reddish; corolla tube 10 mm long, curved, lobes 5 mm long, oblong, obtuse; stamens included, anthers penicillate at apex; carpels free, style filiform, stigma oblong, 2-fid at apex. Follicles 8-11 cm long, divaricate, linear, terete; seeds many, 2 cm long, oblanceolate, winged.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-January
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests and sacred groves
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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):
White, Creamy
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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:
400-750
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Localities:
Rosemala, Koruthode, Vallakkadavu, Pezha, Ezhimala, Mananthavady, Plapally, Ambayathode, Kayamkulam, Attayar
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