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Strobilanthes cuspidatus
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Family:
ACANTHACEAE
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Citation: Strobilanthes cuspidatus (Benth.) Anders., J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 9: 465. 1867; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 435. 1884; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1036(726). 1924; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 304. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 238. 1999; Venu in Daniel & Sanjappa (eds.), Fl. India ser. 4, Strobilanthes 89. 2006.
Endopogon cuspidatus Benth., Linnaea 24: 646. 1851.
Endopogon versicolor Wight, Ic. t. 1497. 1849.
Phlebophyllum versicolor (Wight) Bremek., Verh. Acad. Wet. afd. Natuurk. Sect. 2, 41:170.1944.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kannarakurinji
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Large shrubs; stems terete; branchlets adpressed-white woolly. Leaves to 15 x 6 cm, ovate, acuminate, entire, base acute, glabrous; lateral nerves 7-10 pairs. Spikes 3-5 cm long, interrupted, on trichotomously branched peduncle; bracts 2-4, 2 x 0.5 cm, lanceolate, glandular-hairy. Flowers few; calyx 7 mm long, lobes subulate, glandular-hairy; corolla 25 mm long, blue; staminal filaments glabrous. Capsule 16 mm long, stalked, glabrous; seeds orbicular, hairy.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-February
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad, Kannur, Malappuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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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:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
1000-2000
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Localities:
Kathitheetimala, Arjunankotta
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