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Reissantia indica
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Family:
HIPPOCRATEACEAE
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Citation: Reissantia indica (Willd.) Halle, Mem. Inst. Franc. Afrique Noire 64: 85. 1962; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 66. 1982; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 97. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 123. 1990; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 146. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 70. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 68. 1999; K. Ramam. & B.D. Naithani in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 149. 2000; K. Ramam. & P. Venu in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 717. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 224. 2009.
Hippocratea indica Willd., Sp. Pl. 1: 193. 1797; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 625. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 213(153). 1918.
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Description:
Woody climbers with looping branchlets. Leaves simple, opposite, 12 x 7 cm, obovate, obtusely acute, attenuate to the base; nerves 4 or 5 pairs, ascending; petiole 1 cm long. Flowers in axillary drooping panicles, pedicellate. Sepals 5, ovate, acute, glabrous. Petals 5, 3 x 1 mm, oblong, curved, glabrous. Stamens 3, filaments short curved out. Ovary 3-celled, sunken in the disk; ovules 2-10 in each cell. Fruit a winged samara.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-April
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District(s):
Idukki, Malappuram, Kannur, Kozhikkode, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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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, Yellow
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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:
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Localities:
Chinnar, Chinnathoovam, Thekkady, Koruthode, Pamba, Arayad, Nedumpoyil, Ampumala
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