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Strobilanthes micranthus
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Family:
ACANTHACEAE
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Citation: Strobilanthes micranthus Wight, Ic. t. 1519. 1850; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 444. 1884; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1040(729). 1924; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 306. 1998; Venu in Daniel & Sanjappa (eds.), Fl. India ser. 4, Strobilanthes 147. 2006.
Taeniandra micrantha (Wight) Bremek., Verh. Acad. Wet. afd. Natuurk. Sect. 2, 41: 175. 1944.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kallankurinji
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Large shrubs; branchlets quadrangular, glabrous. Leaves to 18 x 9 cm, elliptic, acuminate at both ends, crenulate, glabrous; lateral nerves 9 pairs, pubescent below. Spikes 5-10 cm long, ovoid to oblong, solitary, axillary, enlarging in fruit; peduncles deflexed, glabrous; bracts 27 x 12 mm, lanceolate, hirtus, with an oval depression towards the base inside; bracteoles hairy. Calyx 17 mm long, lobes acuminate; corolla 18 mm long, campanulate with deflexed lobes; reddish brown; staminal filaments glabrous. Seeds 6 x 4 mm, oblong.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-April
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and shola 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):
Green, Brown
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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:
750-2000
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Localities:
Vellimala, Munnar
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