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Striga gesnerioides
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Family:
SCROPHULARIACEAE
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Citation: Striga gesnerioides (Willd.) Vatke, Oest. Bot. Zeit. 25: 11. 1875; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 194. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 264. 1985; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 287. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 545. 1990; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 225. 1999.
Buchnera gesnerioides Willd., Sp. Pl. 3: 338. 1800.
Striga orobanchoides (R. Br. ex Endl.) Benth. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. 1: 361, t.19. 1836; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 299. 1884; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 967(680). 1924.
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Description:
Erect parasitic herbs; dark brown when dry. Leaves reduced to scales, 8 mm long, lanceolate, obtuse, sessile. Spikes terminal, to 20 cm long; bracts 6 mm; bracteoles 2 mm; flowers pink; calyx tube 5 mm, lobes 2 mm, lanceolate, acute, hairy; corolla tube 11 mm, slightly pubescent above the middle, lobes 6 mm, subequal, obovate; filaments 1 mm; anthers 1 mm; ovary 2 mm, oblong, style 4 mm, stigma thickened. Capsule 6 x 4 mm, beaked with persistent style.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-November
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District(s):
Kottayam, Kasaragode, Idukki, Malappuram, Kozhikkode, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Deciduous forests
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Distribution:
From Tropical and South Africa through Arabia to India and Sri Lanka
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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:
Yes
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Flower colour(s):
Pink
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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:
Champakkad, Chinnar, Sreekantapuram, Taliparamba
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