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Mussaenda treutleri
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Mussaenda treutleri Stapf, Bot. Mag. 135. Pl. 8254. 1909; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 338. 1997.
Mussaenda frondosa var. grandifolia Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 90. 1880.
Mussaenda macrophylla sensu Kurz, For. Fl. Burma 2: 57. 1877, non Wall. 1824.
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Description:
Scandent shrubs; branches lenticellate. Leaves opposite, to 18 x 8 cm, broadly elliptic-acuminate, hispid on the veins on both surfaces; stipule ovate-lanceolate, to 8 mm long, lobed halfway down, hairy without. Fowers in terminal dichotomous cymes; bracts and bracteoles lanceolate, subulate. Calyx lobes to 1 cm long, linear-lanceolate, tomentose without, deciduous. Corolla tube to 3 cm long, tomentose, lobes ovate-acuminate. Fruits subglobose, glabrescent, to 1 cm across; seeds foveolate.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
June-September
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District(s):
Malappuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen forests
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Distribution:
India and Nepal
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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):
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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:
Karuvarakundu, Manimooli, Nadugani ghats
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