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Strobilanthes lupulinus
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Family:
ACANTHACEAE
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Citation: Strobilanthes lupulinus Nees in Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 85. 1832; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 443. 1884; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1041(730). 1924; Venu in Daniel & Sanjappa (eds.), Fl. India ser. 4, Strobilanthes 138. 2006; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 630. 2009.
Nilgirianthus lupulinus (Nees) Bremek., Verh. Acad. Wet. afd. Natuurk. Sect. 2, 41: 173. 1944; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 286. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 345. 1988.
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Description:
Shrubs, branchlets glabrous. Leaves simple, opposite, 8-13 x 6 cm, elliptic, apex acuminate, base attenuate, glabrous. Spikes 2 x 1.5 cm, axillary, 2-3 together on trichotomous peduncle, ovoid or globose; bracts 14 x 11 mm, orbicular or obovate, concave, glabrous; flowers 4-10 in each spike. Calyx divided to the middle, lobes 6 x 2 mm, glabrous. Corolla 2-2.5 cm long, white, hairy inside, tube very narrow at the base. Staminal sheath ciliate. Ovary glabrous; style glabrous or not. Capsule 10 x 5 mm, glabrous; seeds 3 mm, biconvex, hairy along the margins.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-December
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District(s):
Kannur, Kasaragode, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad, Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Peninsular India
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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:
Peninsular India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
-1000
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