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Taxillus recurvus
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Family:
LORANTHACEAE
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Citation: Taxillus recurvus (DC.) Teighen, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 42: 256. 1895.
Loranthus recurvus Wall. ex DC., Prodr. 4: 299. 1830; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 213. 1886; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1252(877). 1925.
Loranthus candolleanus Wight & Arn., Prodr. 385. 1834.
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Description:
Branchlets rusty. Leaves obovate, 3-5 x 2-3 cm, base cuneate, apex obtuse, blackish green above when dry, thinly grey-pubescent below; petiole to 1.5 cm. Cymes to 6-flowered, rusty; bracts ovate, free from the calyx, but partly enveloping it below. Calyx-tube 3 mm; teeth 5, irregularly lobed. Corolla 2 cm long, yellowish green, 0.8 cm wide; tube curved, split half-way, gibbously inflated below the middle, rusty-villous; lobes 5. Stamens 5. Style 2 cm. Drupe oblong to flask-shaped, 1 x 0.4 cm, rusty.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-December
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola forests
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Distribution:
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:
Yes
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Yellow
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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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