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Rotheca serratum
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Family:
VERBENACEAE
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Citation: Rotheca serrata (L.) Steane & Mabb., Novon 8: 206. 1998.
Volkameria serrata L., Mant. Pl. 1: 90. 1767.
Clerodendrum serratum (L.) Moon, Cat. Pl. Ceylon 46. n.382. 1824; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4:592.1885; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1100(770). 1924; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 233. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 313. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 293. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 214. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 354. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 316. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 609. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 365. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 358. 1994; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 19,26. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 351. 1996; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 75. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 531. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 310. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 239. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 240. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 522. 2002; Rajendran & Daniel, Indian Verbenaceae 139. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 391. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 560. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 638. 2009.
Cyclonema serratum (L.) Hochst., Flora 25: 227. 1842.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Cheruthekku, Kankabharnni, Kantani, Kattuppadappa, Kurukkutti, Napalu, Perikilam
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Tamil name(s):
Bharangee
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English name(s):
Bharangi, Blue flowered glory tree, Beetle killer
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Description:
Shrubs to 2 m tall; stems and branches purplish, obtusely tetragonous. Leaves simple, opposite, or ternate. 8-22 x 5-14 cm, broadly elliptic-ovate or obovate, apex acuminate, base attenuate to acute, margin coarsely serrate, glabrous above and pubescent along the nerves below, thin-coriaceous; petiole to 1 cm long. Inflorescence elongate, terminal cymose panicles, 16-28 cm long, pubescent. Bracts ternate, 0.8-1.5 x 0.3-1 cm, ovate-lanceolate. Calyx 5-6 mm long, c. 5 mm across, cup-shaped, teeth ciliate. Corolla bluish; tube 0.8-1.2 cm long; lobes spreading, 2-lipped, 0.8-1 x 0.5 - 0.7 cm, unequal, oblong. Stamens 4; filaments 2-2.5 mm long, exerted. Ovary c. 2.5 mm across, globose. Drupe 4-lobed, 0.8-1.2 cm across, subglobose, dark-purple; seeds 2-4, 4-5 mm across, globose.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-December
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
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Distribution:
India, Nepal, Myanmar and Sri Lanka
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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):
Blue, Pink
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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:
Poringal, Ichampetty, Kumarikulam, Thekkady, Karimalagopuram, Kodanad, Campshed area, Ponnambalamedu, Tolpetty, Tirunalli, Taliparamba, Manjeswar, Marayur, Santhanpara, Agali, Aruvampara, Dhoni R. F., Muthikulam forests, Kaikatty forests-Pothundy, Muller
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