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Strobilanthes wightianus
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Family:
ACANTHACEAE
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Citation: Strobilanthes wightianus Nees in Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 86. 1832; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 438. 1884; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1037(727). 1924; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 524. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 308. 1998; Venu in Daniel & Sanjappa (eds.), Fl. India ser. 4, Strobilanthes 195. 2006; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 633. 2009.
Nilgirianthus wightianus Bremek., Verh. Acad. Wet. afd. Natuurk. Sect. 2, 41:174.1944; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 209. 1988.
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Description:
Shrubs; branches hirtus. Leaves 7 x 4 cm, ovate, acuminate, serrate, densely hirtus; nerves 4 pairs; petiole 2-3 cm long. Spikes 1.5 x 2.5 cm, obconical; peduncle 2-6 cm long; involucral bracts 2-4, leafy, 1-3 x 1.5 cm; floral bracts densely hairy at base; bracteoles linear. Flowers few; sepals 10 mm long, hairy, united below the middle; corolla 2 cm long, pale blue, tube 5 mm long, villous inside. Capsule 9 x 3 mm, glabrous; seeds 3 x 3 mm, orbicular, glabrous, oblique at base.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-March
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District(s):
Idukki, Malappuram, Palakkad, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and 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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Umikuppan, Sispara, Kunda hills
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