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Strobilanthes gracilis
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Family:
ACANTHACEAE
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Citation: Strobilanthes gracilis Bedd., Ic. t. 207. 1868-1874; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 474. 1884; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1043(731). 1924; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 305. 1998; Venu in Daniel & Sanjappa (eds.), Fl. India ser. 4, Strobilanthes 103. 2006.
Mackenziea gracilis (Bedd.) Bremek., Verh. Acad. Wet. afd. Natuurk. Sect. 2, 41:182.1944; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 207. 1988.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Thokakurinji
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Thick shrubs; stems obtusely quadrangular, glabrous. Leaves 12-15 x 4-6 cm, elliptic, decurrent and auricled at base, acuminate at apex, serrate; lateral nerves 6-7 pairs; petiole 3-5 cm long. Spikes panicled, terminal and upper axillary; bracts 7 x 2 mm, oblanceolate, glandular hairy. Flowers 1-3 in a spike; sepals 9 x 1.5 mm, tube 1 mm long, lobes oblanceolate; corolla 30 mm long; tube narrow below, ventricose above, hairy; staminal filaments hairy. Capsule 14 x 7 mm, elliptic, compressed; seeds 3.5 x 3 mm, orbicular, flat.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-June
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram
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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
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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:
2100-2450
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Localities:
Vellimala, Sispara, Munnar
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