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Thottea ponmudiana
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Family:
ARISTOLOCHIACEAE
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Citation: Thottea ponmudiana Sivar., Pl. Syst Evol. 105: 201. 1985; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 548. 2002.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Description:
Shrubs, branches flexuous with swollen nodes. Leaves alternate, to 17 x 6 cm, elliptic-lanceolate to oblanceolate, acuminate at tip, entire, slightly chartaceous, shining green, grannulate and sparcely hairy on the upper surface, densely grannulate, puberulous and prominently reticulate on the lower, 3-neved from base, the lateral pair arising 2-3 mm above the base and extending to above the middle of the lamina; shortly petioled. Flowers in axillary, nodding, cymes, peduncle 1-1.2 cm long; bracts ovate or elliptic, the upper smaller. Flowers yellow with dark purple eyes, regular, 8-10 mm across. Perianth lobed to the base, lobes 3, broadly orbicular, rounded or obtuse at apex, broader than long, 7 x 10 mm, margins strongly reflexed. Gynostemium 5 mm across, minutely puberulous. Stamens 9, uniseriate, triadelphous, anthers linear, extrorse. Ovary inferior, linear, pubescent; stigmatic lobes 9, simple. Capsules 7-9 cm long, green, glabrescent and sharply 4-angled; seeds many, trigonous, rugose.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
Thiruvananthapuram
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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):
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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Endemic to:
Kerala
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
600-1000
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Localities:
Ponmudi, Karamanayar region, Attayar, Bonaccord
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