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Pedilanthus tithymaloides
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Family:
EUPHORBIACEAE
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Citation: Pedilanthus tithymaloides (L.) Poir., Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris 19: 390, t. 19. 1812; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 239. 1887; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1346(942). 1925; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 258. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 344. 1985; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 727. 1990; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 634. 1997; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 451. 2005; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 281. 2007; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 644. 2009.
Euphorbia tithymaloides L., Sp. Pl. 453. 1753.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Devil's backbone, Zigzag plant, Jacob's ladder
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Description:
Erect subshrubs; branchlets zigzag, latex milky. Leaves alternate, elliptic-ovate, variegated, deciduous. Cyathia terminal, cymose, subtended by petaloid bracts; glands 4, unequal; appendages and perianth absent. Male florets c. 25, female single; ovary 3-locular; ovule 1 per locule. Capsule of 3 bivalved cocci.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-August
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Introduced as garden plant, also runs wild
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Distribution:
Originally from West Indies; now naturalised in India
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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):
Red, Pink
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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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:
-1000
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Localities:
Ranni, Peradala, Cherupuzha, Vallikkunnam
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