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Mussaenda glabrata
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Mussaenda glabrata (Hook.f.) Hutch. ex Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 610(430). 1921; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 198. 1985; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 238. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 238. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 171. 1995.
Mussaenda frondosa L. var. glabrata Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 90. 1880.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Vellila, Vattuthali
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Erect or climbing shrubs, with grey bark and long flexuous, cylindrical, divaricate branches. Leaves opposite, 7.5-12 x 5-9 cm, elliptic-oblong or ovate, apex shortly acuminate, more or less pubescent above, pubescent on the nerves beneath, base rounded or tapering into the petiole; lateral nerves 8-12 pairs; petioles 0.6-2.5 cm long; stipules paired, 6 mm long, linear-lanceolate, very acute, hairy. Flowers, tubular-funnel-shaped, yellowish green outside and orange-red within, one calyx lobe occasionally becoming white and foliaceous, borne in terminal cymes. Fruits (berries) rounded or ovoid, glabrous, 1-1.3 cm in diam.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-November
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District(s):
Kasaragode, Palakkad, Kollam, Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous and semi-evergreen forests
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Distribution:
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):
Orange, 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:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Periyarum, Taliparamba, Dhoni R. F., Mukkali forests, Boneccord, Thenmalai, Vandalodu, Teppakulam
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