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Staurogyne spatulata
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Family:
ACANTHACEAE
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Citation: Staurogyne spatulata (Blume) Koord., Exkurs.-Fl. Java 3: 211. 1912; J.R.I. Wood, Edinburgh J. Bot. 51: 105. 1994.
Adenosma spatulata Blume, Bijdr. 757. 1826.
Ebermaiera glauca Nees in DC., Prodr. 11: 73. 1847; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 395. 1884.
Staurogyne glauca (Nees) O. Ktze., Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 497. 1891; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1011(710). 1924; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 223. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 309. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 350. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 596. 1990; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 347. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 518. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 238. 1997; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 388. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 550. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 625. 2009.
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Description:
Erect viscous pubescent herbs. Leaves all or the upper alternate, 2-6 x 1-1.8 cm, spathulate-oblong, base attenuate, margin subentire, apex obtuse; petiole to 1 cm long. Spikes to 7 cm long, cylindric. Lower bract leaf-like, linear-spathulate, upper smaller; bracteoles 2, c. 4 mm long, linear, tomentose. The larger calyx lobe c. 7 mm long, others c. 4 mm long, pubescent. Corolla bluish-purple, 5-8 mm long, pubescent, tube cylindric. Stamens 4; cells divergent, ovoid. Capsule 4-6 mm long, oblong, glabrous. Seeds smooth, globose.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-May
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District(s):
Alappuzha, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kannur, Kozhikkode, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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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
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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:
Chimmini, Rosemala, Thekkuthode, on way to Mattanur, Panangad, Pandavanpara
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