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Phyllanthus pinnatus
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Family:
EUPHORBIACEAE
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Citation: Phyllanthus pinnatus (Wight) Webster, J. Arnold Arbor. 38: 52. 1957; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 378. 1998; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 382. 2007.
Chorisandra pinnata Wight, Ic. t. 1994. 1853; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1285(899). 1925.
Phyllanthus wightianus Muell.-Arg., Linnaea 32: 47. 1803; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 303. 1887.
Reidia floribunda Wight, Ic. t. 1903. 1852; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1293(905). 1925.
Flueggia microcarpa sensu Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 328. 1887, non Blume 1826.
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Description:
Subshrubs; stem densely strigose, reddish. Leaves to 22 x 10 mm, obliquely oblong, acute at both ends, apiculate, reticulate below, hispid above and below; stipules lanceolate. Female pedicel 1.5 cm long, axillary, solitary, slender; sepals 5, 4 x 2.5 mm, ovate, acute, hispid; ovary densely hairy; styles 3, deeply bifid. Male sepals similar to female sepals; stamens 4, filaments combined into a column. Capsule densely covered with branched hairs.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-April
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Paleotropics
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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
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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:
-1000
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Localities:
Vallakkadavu, Vavalala
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