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Salacia reticulata
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Family:
HIPPOCRATEACEAE
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Citation: Salacia reticulata Wight, Illustr. 1: 134. 1840; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 627. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 215(154). 1918; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 117. 1984; K. Ramam. & B.D. Naithani in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 161. 2000; Ravikumar & Ved, Illustr. Field Guide 100 Red Listed Med. Pl. 327. 2000; K. Ramam. & P. Venu in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 722. 2005.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Korandi, Ponkoranti, Ekanayakam
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Tamil name(s):
Ekanayakam
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English name(s):
Saptarangi
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Description:
Scandent shrubs; branches blackish, more or less prominently lenticellate. Leaves lanceolate, elliptic or rarely elliptic-oblong, 4.2-11.8 x 2.3-6.7 cm, acuminate or acute at apex, cuneate or obtuse at base, entire at margin, dark green and shining above, pale and finely reticulate beneath; lateral nerves 5-6-pairs; petioles 0.8-1.3 cm long. Flowers 3-6 in each axil, ca 1 mm long; pedicels 2-4 mm long. Calyx lobes short, obtuse. Petals ovate, thick, broad at base. Ovary partially enclosed in disc.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-August
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District(s):
Kollam
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Sacred groves in the plains
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Distribution:
South India 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):
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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:
-1000
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Localities:
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