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Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
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Family:
VERBENACEAE
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Citation: Stachytarpheta jamaicensis (L.) Vahl, Enum. Pl. 1: 206. 1804; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 316. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 297. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 357. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 369. 1990; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 319. 1989; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 360. 1994; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 354. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 243. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 537. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 312. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 244. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 243. 2002; Rajendran & Daniel, Indian Verbenaceae 307. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 394. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 566. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 643. 2009.
Verbena jamaicensis L., Sp. Pl. 19. 1753.
Stachytarpheta indica (L.) Vahl var. jamaicensis (L.) Moon, Cat. Pl. Ceylon 68. 1885 & Handb. Fl. Ceylon 3: 348. 1895; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1090(763). 1924.
Stachytarpheta indica sensu Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 564. 1885,p.p.; non (L.) Vahl 1804; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 227. 1982; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 620. 1990.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kattupunnuthu, Narivalan, Seemakongini
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Jamaica vervain, Wild Verbena
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Description:
Subshrubs; branches subtertragonous. Leaves 3.5-7 x 2-4 cm, obovate, base cuneate and decurrent on petiole, margin coarsely crenate-serrate, apex obtuse or rounded; petiole to 2 cm long. Spikes terminal, 10-25 cm long, c. 4 mm across. Bracts c. 7 mm long. Calyx c. 6 mm long, 4-toothed, puberulous. Corolla hypocrateriform, bluish-pink; tube 8-10 mm long, slightly curved; limb c. 8 mm across. Style included. Fruit c. 5 mm long, oblong.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
June-December
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Dry and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
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Distribution:
Pantropical
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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, Violet
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Weed:
Yes
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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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:
Peechi, Thenmala, Chinnar, Koruthode, Parambikulam, Tiruvalla, Thannithode, Kannoth, Sreekantapuram, Manantody, Cheriyanad, Pooyamkutty, Vadapuram
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