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Staurogyne glutinosa
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Family:
ACANTHACEAE
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Citation: Staurogyne glutinosa (Wall. ex Clarke) O. Ktze., Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 499. 1891; Dhruvan et al., Rheedea 5: 60. 1995; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 552. 2009.
Ebermaiera glutinosa Wall. ex Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 396. 1884.
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Description:
Diffuse or trailing pubescent herbs with a thick root stock and several slender branches, rooting at nodes. Leaves all opposite, 5-6 x 2.5 cm, ovate or elliptic, sub-acute to obtuse at apex, attenuate and decurrent on the petiole below, membranous, sub-entire, lateral nerves 6-8 pairs, slightly raised above, glabrous above and glaucous below; lamina; petiole 1-2 cm long; axillary shoots with smaller leaves. Inflorescence pseudoaxillary, short peduncled, glandular-pubescent, capitate heads, rarely axillary, solitary; bracts leaf-like, elliptic to obovate, obtuse, 7-9 x 3-4 mm, viscid-hairy with a few eglandular hairs towards the base; bracteoles oblong, spathulate, to 6 x 2 mm viscid-hairy with a few eglandular hairs. Calyx deeply 5-partite; lobes in 2 sub-equal pairs; the innermost pair linear, to 7.5 x 0.5 mm; the second pair oblong-obovate, slightly larger; the 5th segment largest, to 8.5 x 2.5 mm; all calyx lobes viscid-hairy. Corolla to 14 x 5 mm, slightly 2-lipped, bluish-purple; tube slightly curved, viscid outside and with a ring of pink-purple hairs inside at the base of stamens; lobes 5, obovate, obtuse or retuse, spreading. Stamens 4, didyamous, included; filaments flat, hairy; anther cells divergent, pale yellow, muticous with a median transverse belt of hairs. Ovary oblong, 2 x 1 mm, minutely viscid-pubescent on upper half, style filiform, glabrous, to 7 mm long; stigma bifid, glandular; the lower lobe again 2-lobed. Capsule to 5 x 1.8 mm, oblong, minutely glandular pubescent above the middle, tip shortly apiculate; seeds up to 30 in each cell, minute, globose or cuboid, glandular when young, obscurely pitted when ripe; retinacula absent.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-April
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District(s):
Alappuzha, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Marshy areas in the deciduous forests
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Distribution:
India and Bangladesh
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Aquatic:
Yes
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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, Purple
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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:
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Localities:
Anthikkad, Panavally
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