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Leptadenia reticulata
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Family:
ASCLEPIADACEAE
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Citation: Leptadenia reticulata (Retz.) Wight & Arn. in Wight, Contrib. 47. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 63. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 850(598). 1923; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 437. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 291. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 225. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 197. 1999.
Cynanchum reticulatum Retz., Obs. Bot. 2: 15. 1781.
Leptadenia imberbis Wight, Contrib. 48. 1834.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kuruninvalli, Karkodavalli, Palachedi
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Woody climbers, latex milky, mealy pubescent. Leaves to 9 x 7 cm, broadly ovate, oblong, gradually acute at apex, base truncate or shallowly cordate, stellate hairy; petiole to 3 cm. Umbels axillary; peduncles to 0.5 cm, pubescent; flowers yellow, pedicels to 7 mm; bracts 4 mm, hairy; calyx cupular, 2 mm, pubescent, ovate; corolla tube 1.5 mm, lobes 3 mm, triangular ovate, margins folded, pubescent; corona double, outer corolline, bifid; inner staminal; pollinia suberect, pellucid; ovary 1 mm. Follicles paired, 6 x 2 cm, bluntly acute at both ends.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-December
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad, Kollam, Malappuram
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Moist and dry deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia to Madagascar
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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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Champakkad, Agali, Teppakulam
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