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Strobilanthes dupenii
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Family:
ACANTHACEAE
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Citation: Strobilanthes dupenii Bedd. ex Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4:453.1884; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1043(731). 1924; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 237. 2002; Venu in Daniel & Sanjappa (eds.), Fl. India ser. 4, Strobilanthes 97. 2006.
Kanjarum palghatense Ramam., Bull. Bot. Surv. India 13: 153. 1971; Ramam., Bull. Bot. Surv. India 6: 333. 1964; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 354. 1990; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 343. 1996.
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Description:
Shrubs. Leaves 10-12 x 3.5-5.5 cm, ovate, apex acuminate, base truncate or subcordate, crenate, pubescent, coriaceous; petiole to 4 cm. Spikes to 7.5 cm, sub-tetragonous, oblong, terminal and lateral on peduncle to 2 cm; bracts to 2.3 x 1.7 cm, ovate, obtuse, closely imbricate, decurrent at base, viscous, reddish; bracts lanceolate; calyx to 1.5 cm, 5-lobed, linear, acuminate, green; corolla 3-2 cm, blue; stamens 4, connate, margin free. Capsule to 1 cm, ellipsoid, beaked, sessile; seeds 4, ca 3 mm diameter, hairy.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-October
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District(s):
Palakkad, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and semi-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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
-1000
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Localities:
Poringal, Sholayar, Dhoni R. F., Aruvampara, Ayyappankovil-Kaikatty area, Mukkali forests
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