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Mussaenda hirsutissima
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Mussaenda hirsutissima (Hook. f.) Hutch. ex Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 610(430). 1921; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 68. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 180. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 155. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 336. 2002.
Mussaenda frondosa L. var. hirsutissima Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 90. 1880.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Chandrakala, Sooryakala
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Scandent shrubs; branchlets densely white-hispid. Leaves to 11 x 5 cm, broadly elliptic, acuminate at either ends, densely hispid; nerves 6-8 pairs, not prominent; petiole 1-3 cm long; stipule 12 mm long, densely hispid. Cymes terminal, congested. Flowers densely arranged; larger calyx lobes, 8 x 4.5 cm, elliptic, acute, long-clawed; corolla tube 30 mm long, narrow, densely hispid, lobes 12 x 10 mm, cuspidate. Fruits not seen.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-February
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and shola 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):
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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
1200-1600
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Localities:
Vallakkadavu, Uppermanalar, Kottamala, Karimala, Devicolam, Mannavan shola, Agasthymala peak, Athirumala
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