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Thunbergia tomentosa
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Family:
ACANTHACEAE
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Citation: Thunbergia tomentosa Wall. ex Nees in Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 78. 1832; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 392. 1884; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1008(708). 1924; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 34. 1998.
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Description:
Slender twiner; branchlets 4-angular, pilose. Leaves sagittate, to 7 x 3.5 cm, 3-nerved from base, tomentose, base truncate with a tooth on either side, margin distantly serrate, apex acute; petiole to 3 cm. Flower solitary, axillary; bract 2.5 x 1.3 cm; pedicel 5 cm. Calyx-teeth c. 15, filiform. Corolla white, 5 cm wide; tube 3.5 cm. Stamens 4. Style 2.5 cm. Capsule depressed-globose, 1.2 cm wide; beak 2 cm.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-March
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Degraded forest areas in high ranges
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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:
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Localities:
Aruvikad
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