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Strobilanthes decurrens
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Family:
ACANTHACEAE
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Citation: Strobilanthes decurrens Nees in DC., Prodr. 11:189.1847; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4:440.1884; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1040(729). 1924; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 304. 1998; Venu in Daniel & Sanjappa (eds.), Fl. India ser. 4, Strobilanthes 93. 2006.
Goldfussia decurrens (Nees) Wight, Ic. t. 1522. 1851.
Nilgirianthus decurrens (Nees) Bremek., Verh. Acad. Wet. afd. Natuurk. Sect. 2, 41: 173. 1944; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 512. 2002.
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Description:
Subshrubs, branches obtusely quadrangular, glabrous. Leaves simple, opposite, 15-17 x 5-7 cm, elliptic, shortly acuminate, decurrent at the base, glabrous; petiole 2-3 cm long. Spikes 4-8 x 2 cm, oblong, solitary, axillary; peduncle deflexed, with small basal bracts in the middle; bracts 2 x 1 cm, ovate, acute, decurrent along the axis; bracteoles minute; flowers few to many. Calyx 10 mm long; lobes acuminate, glabrous. Corolla 20 mm long, glabrous, white. Staminal filaments hairy. Capsule 14 x 8 mm, glabrous; seeds 8 x 5 mm, one in each chamber, flat, yellowish, glabrous.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-MArch
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District(s):
Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram, Kannur, Palakkad, Wayanad, Kollam
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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):
White, Creamy
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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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
1000-1400
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Localities:
Inchippara, Vellimala, Bonaccord, Athirumala
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