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Neuropeltis malabarica
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Family:
CONVOLVULACEAE
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Citation: Neuropeltis malabarica Ooststr., Blumea 5: 272. 1942; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 313. 1996.
Neuropeltis racemosa sensu Bedd., Ic. t.291. 1868-1874; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 225. 1883,p.p.; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 922(647). 1923, non Wall. 1824.
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Description:
Large woody climbers; bark grey, with warty tubercles; young shoots brown tomentose, lenticellate. Leaves alternate, to 12 x 6 cm, elliptic or oblong, shortly caudate-acuminate, mucronate, base acute, young leaves tomentose on both sides, becoming glabrous when mature; lateral nerves 8-11 pairs, intercostae reticulate; petiole 1-1.5 cm long. Racemes axillary to the terminal leaves, densely brown tomentose; bracts minute, enlarged and peltate in fruits. Sepals broadly ovate, obtuse, tomentose outside, 2.5 mm long. Corolla tomentose outside and glabrous inside, tube 1.8 mm long, lobes 4 x 2.2 mm. Stamens 4 mm long, exserted. Ovary densely pilose. Capsule globose, 0.5 mm across, bracts 2.5-3.5 cm across, membranous, prominently reticulately veined; seeds glabrous ovoid, 3.5 mm long.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-March
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District(s):
Thrissur, Ernakulam, Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats (Kerala)
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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:
Kerala
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Peechi
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