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Morinda umbellata
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Morinda umbellata L., Sp. Pl. 176. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 157. 1880; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 652(460). 1921; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 144. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 214. 1984; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 180. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 153. 1999; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 359. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 429. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kudaluchurukki, Ney-valli
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Climbers. Leaves to 11 x 3 cm, oblanceolate, abruptly acuminate, scabrous below, nerves 4-6 pairs, reticulate; stipules 6-7 mm long, ovate, acute, entire. Flowers in globose umbellate, heads, radices fused together, hemispheric, truncate; corolla tube 4 mm long, funnel-shaped, lobes 4, valvate, white; stamens 4; anthers oblong; ovary 2-celled; ovule solitary in each cell; style slender, stigmas 2, linear. Fruit fused into a syncarpium of 1 cm across; seeds oblong.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-June
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District(s):
Alappuzha, Kollam, Idukki, Kozhikkode, Wayanad, Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Deciduous forests, also in the sacred groves and plains
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Distribution:
Sri Lanka, India through China, Japan and North Australia
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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
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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:
Olikkudy, Deviar, Vandanam
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