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Rungia laeta
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Family:
ACANTHACEAE
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Citation: Rungia laeta Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 546.1885; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1071(750). 1924; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 34. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 300. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 235. 2002.
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Description:
Stem terete, glabrous. Leaves 6-8 x 3-5 cm, ovate-lanceolate, apex acute, glabrous, nerves 6-8 pairs; petiole 2 cm long. Spikes 3-6 x 2 cm, oblong, peduncled, floral bracts white, 16 x 7 mm, lateral ones empty, elliptic to obovate, acute, ciliate; bracteoles 10 x 2 mm, linear. Flowers white; sepals 7 x 1.5 mm, lanceolate, aristate; corolla 18 mm long, white with brown spots, thinly hairy, upper lip emarginate; filaments glabrous. Capsule 9 mm long, pubescent; seeds 4, rugose, brown.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-January
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen 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):
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:
Uppermanalar, Keerapady
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