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Stictocardia tiliifolia
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Family:
CONVOLVULACEAE
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Citation: Stictocardia tiliifolia (Desr.) Hall.f. in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18: 159. 1894, "tiliaefolia"; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 904(635). 1923; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 307. 1988; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 210. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 566. 2009.
Convolvulus tiliaefolius Desr. in Lam., Encycl. 3: 544. 1792.
Argyreia tiliaefolia (Desr.) Wight, Ic. t. 1358. 1848; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 184. 1883.
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Description:
Twining subshrubs. Leaves 5-9 x 6-9 cm, broadly ovate to cordiform, apex acute, base cordate, chartaceous, margin entire, glabrous above and hairy along nerves below; petiole to 8 cm. Flower axillary, solitary; bracts cauducous; corolla pink, 7 cm across, funnel-form; stamens 5, unequal, to 3.5 cm; ovary conical, 1.5 mm, 4-locular, each 1-ovuled, style 3.5 cm, stigma biglobose. Capsule indehiscent; accrescent calyx enlarged and fleshy.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-February
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kannur, Thrissur, Kozhikkode, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Along sea coasts and scrub jungles, also grown as garden plant
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Distribution:
Circumtropical; cultivated widely and introduced in the New World
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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):
Red
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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:
Yes
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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:
Peruvaripallam, Cannanore, Begur
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