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Rourea prainiana
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Family:
CONNARACEAE
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Citation: Rourea prainiana Talbot, For. Fl. Bombay Pres. Sind. 1: 368. 1909; M.S. Mondal in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 540. 2000.
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Description:
Stout, evergreen, climbing shrubs; branches circinately coiled, glabrous. Leaves 3-6-jugate, glabrous; leaflets opposite or alternate, oblong-ovate, 5-8 x 1.5-3 cm; obtusely acuminate, usually obtuse at the base, coriaceous, surface glabrous, dull; nerves 4-6 pairs, reticulations obscure; petiolules 2-3 mm long. Inflorescence in fascicles of 4-5 panicles of equal length. Flowers small, long stalked. Sepals orbicular-ovate; outer surface thinly pubescent, inner surface glabrous, 1.7-2.5 cm. Petals obovate, ca 8 mm long. Stamens glabrous. Pistils glabrous; ovary ovoid-conical; stigma shortly lobed. Fruits elliptic-ovoid, 2.5-3 x 1 cm, acute, straight, dehiscing irregularly around the base. Seed 1, with aril.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-August
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District(s):
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen 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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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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