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Pouzolzia meeboldii
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Family:
URTICACEAE
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Citation: Pouzolzia meeboldii W.W. Smith & Ramaswami, Rec. Bot. Surv. India 6:40.1914; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1383 (967). 1928; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 456. 1990; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 422. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 387. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 305. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 762. 2009.
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Description:
Erect shrubs; stem glaucous. Leaves ternate, to 18 x 4 cm, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate at apex, base rounded or cordate, sessile; intercostae parallel. Racemes to 12 cm long, axillary. Flowers 3-5 together; bracts 6 x 3 mm, ovate. Male flowers 2 mm across, truncate at apex; perianth lobes 4, transversally plicate. Female flowers smaller; perianth lobe 0.5 mm long, ciliate at apex, stigma 2 mm long. Achenes 1 mm long, ridged, brown.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-November
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous 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):
Green, Red, Pink, White
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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:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Peechi, Vazhachal, Uppupara, Vengoli, Peermade, near Cheeyapara falls, Kaikatty, Churuly
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