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Pothos keralensis
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Family:
ARACEAE
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Citation: Pothos keralensis Pandura. & V.J. Nair, Indian J. For. 17: 64. 1994.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Climbing shrubs; branches glabrous; stems terete. Leaves alternate, distichous; petioles sheathing, distinctly canaliculate, base partly convolute at nodal portions, 6-8.5 cm long; blades asymmetric, 11-8 x 4.5-7.5 cm, elliptic-oblong, coriaceous, glabrous, deep green, base obtuse, margins undulate, apex cuspidate; lateral nerves at right angles to midrib, and are connected by 2 intra-marginal collective nerves, impressed above, raised below. Spadix axillary, cylindric, curved, rusty pubescent, ca. 6 cm long; pedicles sparsely puberulous, ca 3 cm long; stipe ca. 4 mm long. Spathes oblong, apex obtuse, sparsely puberulous outside, glabrous inside, orange, ca. 10 x 4 mm. Perianth segments 6, imbricate, triangular, apex incurved, fleshy, rusty pubescent, pale yellow, 0.5 mm across. Stamens 6, opposite to perianth lobes; filaments flat, ca. 0.25 mm long; anthers subglobose, tetrathecous, dorsifixed, dehiscing by terminal pores, white, ca. 0.25 mm across. Ovary truncate, pubescent, 3-loculed, ca. 1 mm across; ovules 1 per locule, anatropous; placentas axile, style 0; stigmas globose.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-May
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District(s):
Idukki
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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):
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous 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:
Meenmutty
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