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Taxillus tomentosus
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Family:
LORANTHACEAE
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Citation: Taxillus tomentosus (Heyne ex Roth) Tieghem, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 42: 256. 1895; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 401. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 412. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 401. 1994; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 387. 1996; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 58. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 596. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 358. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 276. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 429. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 711. 2009.
Loranthus tomentosus Heyne ex Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 191. 1821; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 212. 1886; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1252(876). 1925.
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Description:
Parasitic shrubs, branches lenticellate, young shoots fulvous tomentose. Leaves simple, to 5 x 2.5 cm, obovate to oblong, obtuse, glabrous above; nerves 4-5 pairs; petiole 5 mm long. Flowers 3-8, fascicled; pedicels 2 mm long. Calyx 2 mm long, lobes triangular, acute, tomentose. Corolla 1.5 cm long, split to the middle, greenish white, 5-angled, densely hairy, tube gibbous, lobes green spreading or reurved. Stamens 5; filaments red. Style bulbous at the middle, stigma hemispheric. Berry subglobose, tomentose.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-January
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District(s):
Wayanad, Palakkad, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen, moist deciduous and shola forests
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Distribution:
South West India and Sri Lanka
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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):
Green, Red, 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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
600-1200
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Localities:
Sholayar, Ponmudi, Alvarakurichi, Kallar, Karadikkavala, Anchurali, Karimala, Vattavada, Nadugani ghats, Moozhiar, Pathenthode, Manantody, Boneccord, Ponmudi, Thalichola, Bonaccord, Athirumala
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