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Lonicera leschenaultii
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Family:
CAPRIFOLIACEAE
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Citation: Lonicera leschenaultii Wall. in Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 178. 1824; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 10. 1880; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 577(407). 1919; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 144. 1999.
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Description:
Climbing shrubs, pubescent. Leaves opposite, to 7 x 4 cm, ovate, acute or shortly acuminate, grey pubescent below; petiole to 1 cm. Flowers axillary, mostly in pairs, white turns to yellow, bracteoles 2, pubescent, calyx tube 2 mm, adnate with the ovary, 5-toothed; corolla bilabiate, tube 6 cm long, villous inside; stamens 5, exserted, attached at the throat of tube, filaments 2.5 cm; ovary 2 mm, villous.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-November
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous 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):
Creamy, Yellow, White
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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:
Ichampetty, Devicolam
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