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Piper barberi
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Family:
PIPERACEAE
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Citation: Piper barberi Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1924: 387. 1924 & Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1206(844). 1925; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 375. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 258. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 338. 1998; Gopalan & Henry, Endemic Pl. Agasthiyamala 334. 2000; Ravikumar & Ved, Illustr. Field Guide 100 Red Listed Med. Pl. 283. 2000 Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 263. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 553. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 687. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kattukurumulagu
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Slender climbing shrubs. Leaves 10-15 x 2-6 cm, oblong-lanceolate, abruptly acuminate at apex, acute or obtuse at base; lateral nerves 6-pairs, looped below the margins, glabrous and glossy above; petiole 1 cm long; stipule 1.5 cm long, lanceolate. Spike to 15 cm long, glabrous, slender, pendulous; peduncles puberulus; bracts peltate, orbicular, entire. Flowers densely arranged; stamen 1. Berry 3.5 x 3.5 mm, globose; stigma 3-lobed.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-September
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District(s):
Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Idukki, Kollam, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
Critically Endangered (CR)
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Altitude:
500-1200
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Localities:
Sholayar, Choodal, Koruthode, Arjunankotta, Moozhiar, Pezha, on way to Nilamel, Karamanayar region, Attayar
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