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Strobilanthes tristis
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Family:
ACANTHACEAE
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Citation: Strobilanthes tristis (Wight) Anders., J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 9: 470. 1867; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 441. 1885; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1040(729). 1924; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 361. 1990; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 240. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 307. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 238. 2002; Venu in Daniel & Sanjappa (eds.), Fl. India ser. 4, Strobilanthes 182. 2006.
Goldfussia tristis Wight, Ic. t. 1508. 1850.
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Description:
Shrubs, branchlets glabrous. Leaves simple, opposite, 15-25 x 4-10 cm, acuminate at both ends, glabrous; petiole 4-8 cm long. Spikes 2.5-4 cm long, lanceolate, acuminate, 1-2-flowered, deflexed, in axillary clusters, glabrous; bracts 2.5 x 0.5 cm, lanceolate, acuminate, crenate, ciliate along the margins. Sepals 17 x 2.5 mm, lanceolate, acuminate, hairy. Corolla ca 3 cm long, tube narrowed to the base, glabrous, white. Staminal sheath glabrous. Capsule 11 x 3 mm; seeds orbicular.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-April
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Kollam, Kannur, Kottayam, Kozhikkode, Pathanamthitta
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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):
Blue, White, Pink
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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:
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Localities:
Kalvarimala, Mlappara, Karimala, Silent Valley R. F.
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