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Pereskia aculeata
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Family:
CACTACEAE
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Citation: Pereskia aculeata Mill., Gard. Dict. (ed. 4) 3. 1754.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Barbados Gooseberry, Yellow vine
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Description:
Main shoots erect; branchlets scandent, terete, hardly succulent; tubercles knob-like, distant; spines straight, to 3 cm; glochids 0. Leaves scattered, obovate to oblong, to 7 x 4 cm, subsucculent, base narrow, apex acute; petiole 1 cm. Flowers semi-inferior(on shoots of current season, hence subapical), to 4 cm wide. Sepals numerous, greenish. Petals oblanceolate-oblong, 2.5 x 1 cm, pinkish. Stamens numerous; filaments 9 mm. Style 1.2 cm; stigmas 5.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
June-March
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District(s):
Thrissur, Malappuram, Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as garden plant
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Distribution:
Native of Panama and northen regions of south America
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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:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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Edible:
Yes
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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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