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Lasianthus venulosus
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Lasianthus venulosus (Wight & Arn.) Wight, Ic. t. 1032. 1845; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 190. 1880; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 648(457). 1921; Sasidh. & Anto in Manoharan et al., Silent Valley-Whispers Reason 143. 1999; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 78. 2000; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 330. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 427. 2009.
Santia venulosa Wight & Arn., Prodr. 422. 1834.
Litosanthes venulosa (Wight & Arn.) Deb & Gangop., Candollea 44: 220. 1989.
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Description:
Shrubs. Young stem sparsely hirsute. Leaves 6-12 x 2.5-4 cm, elliptic ovate to oblong, acute, acuminate or even apiculate at apex, round to broadly attenuate at base, hirsute on nerves below. Stipules triangular ovate, hirsute. Flowers in short peduncled axillary cymes. Peduncles 0.5-0.8 cm, hirsute. Bracteoles subulate, 0.25 cm long. Calyx tube 0.1-0.15 cm long; lobes 0.2-0.25 cm, hirsute. Corolla white; tube 0.15-0.2 cm long. Ovary 2-celled. Drupe globose, 0.5-0.6 cm diam., purple on ripening.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-March
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District(s):
Kozhikkode, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
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):
Yellow
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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:
900-1200
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Localities:
Sispara, Vellarimala, Agasthyamala
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