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Smythea bombaiensis
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Family:
RHAMNACEAE
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Citation: Smythea bombaiensis (Dalz.) Banerjee & P.K. Mukh., Indian For. 96:214.1970; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 57. 1988; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 70. 1995; Bhandari & Bhansali in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 210. 2000; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 130. 2005.
Ventilago bombaiensis Dalz. in Hook.'s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 3: 36. 1851; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 631. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 217(157). 1918; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 99. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 120. 1990; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 25,32. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 110. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 69. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 71. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 67. 2002; P.V. Sreekumar & A.N. Henry in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 729. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 227. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Vembadavalli
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Woody climbers, stem ribbed, branchlets looping. Leaves simple, alternate, 6-9 x 3-4 cm, elliptic-oblong, acute at both ends, crenulate; nerves 6 pairs, nerve-axils hairy, nervules parallel. Flowers 4 mm across, 20-30 together, in axillary clusters; pedicels to 5 mm long. Sepals 5, triangular. Petals 5, obovate, emarginate to 2-lobed, glabrous. Stamens 5, disk cup-shaped. Ovary 2-celled, densely hairy. Fruit 1-seeded, winged, wing to 6 x 1.5 cm, flattened.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-June
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Kannur, Kollam, Thrissur, Wayanad, Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests
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Distribution:
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):
Yellow
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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:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Peechi, Sholayar, Kattalappara, Pachakkanam, Puthussery, Vallakkadavu, Kothala, Pezha, way to Gudalloor, Kummattanthode, Moozhiar, Ambayathode, Ayyappankovil-Kaikatty area, Mukkali forests, Singampara-Siruvani forests, Ariankavu
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