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Rivea hypocrateriformis
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Family:
CONVOLVULACEAE
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Citation: Rivea hypocrateriformis (Desr.) Choisy, Mem. Soc. Phys. Geneve 6: 408. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 184. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 908(635). 1923; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 314. 1990; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 210. 2002.
Convolvulus hypocrateriformis Desr. in Lam., Encycl. 3: 561. 1792.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Midnapore Creeper
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Description:
Twining subshrubs, stem white silky-pubescent. Leaves 3-4 x 3-6 cm, cordiform, apex obtuse, base cordate, subcoriaceous; petiole to 6 cm. Flowers axillary, solitary or in cymes; bracts lanceolate; corolla white, 7 cm across, salver-form; stamens 5, unequal, to 1.8 cm, anthers oblong, 4 mm; ovary oblong, 4 mm, 4-locular, each 1-ovulate, style 3.5 cm. Capsule conical, indehiscent, 1.5 x 1 cm, 1-celled; seeds 4 or a few.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-February
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
On hedges and dry deciduous forests
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Distribution:
India and Nepal
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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):
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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Alampetty, Thekkady, Attapady block-Mukkali
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