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Strobilanthes zenkerianus
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Family:
ACANTHACEAE
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Citation: Strobilanthes zenkerianus Anders., J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 9: 467. 1867; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 439. 1884; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1038(728). 1924; Remadevi & Binojk., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 26: 479. 2002; Venu in Daniel & Sanjappa (eds.), Fl. India ser. 4, Strobilanthes 197. 2006.
Endopogon strobilanthes Wight, Ic. t. 1500. 1850.
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Description:
Gregarious shrub; branchlets angled, glabrous. Leaves elliptic-ovate, to 10 x 2.5 cm, subcoriaceous, base cuneate, margin serrulate, apex acuminate; petiole to 5 cm. Spikes erect, oblong, 6 x 3 cm, terminal or in upper axils; bracts ovate, spathulate below, 2.6 x 1.5 cm; bracteoles 2, linear-lanceolate, 1.3 x 0.2 cm, glabrous. Calyx 1.8 cm, divided nearly to base; lobes 5, lanceolate, 1.6 cm. Corolla blue to violet, 1.5 cm wide; tube 1.2 cm, ventricose above, 2.6 cm; lobes 4, each 1 x 0.8 cm. Stamens 4; filament-pairs 5 and 9 mm; staminode 1. Style 3.5 cm. Capsule ellipsoid, 2 x 0.5 cm; seeds 4.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-February
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
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):
White
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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:
-1220
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