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Strobilanthes pulneyensis
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Family:
ACANTHACEAE
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Citation: Strobilanthes pulneyensis Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 438. 1884; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1038(727). 1924; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 523. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 307. 1998; Venu in Daniel & Sanjappa (eds.), Fl. India ser. 4, Strobilanthes 164. 2006; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 632. 2009.
Strobilanthes punctatus Bedd., Ic. t. 204. 1868-1874.
Xenacanthus pulneyensis (Hook. f.) Bremek., Verh. Acad. Wet. afd. Natuurk. Sect. 2, 41: 176. 1944; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 213. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 363. 1990; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 118. 2000.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Chonayamkallukurinji
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Profusely branched shrubs; branchlets densely hirtus. Leaves elliptic, acuminate, densely hirtus; nerves 7 pairs, regular. Spikes peduncled, flattened, 1-3 in axils; bracts 1-3 x 1.2 cm, ovate to orbicular, serrate, densely white hairy at base; bracteoles linear, hairy. Flowers few to many; sepals 10 mm long, hairy; corolla 26 mm long, tube narrow, 10 mm long, thinly hairy outside; staminal sheath ciliate.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-December
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District(s):
Kozhikkode, Idukki, Malappuram, Palakkad, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
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:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Pachakkanam, Chembotti, Mattupetty, Karappa, Karuvarakundu, Damodaran Kolle
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