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Tiliacora acuminata
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Family:
MENISPERMACEAE
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Citation: Tiliacora acuminata (Poir.) Miers ex Hook.f. & Thoms., Fl. Ind. 187.1855; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 28(20).1915; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 30. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 67. 1984; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 62. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 12. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 52. 1990; A. Pramanik in B. D. Sharma et al., Fl. India 1: 343. 1993; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 52. 1994; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 37. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 50. 1997; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 19. 2000; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 52. 2005; M. Mohanan in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 191. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 82. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 107. 2009.
Menispermum acuminatum Poir. in Lam., Encycl. 4: 101. 1797.
Tiliacora racemosa Coleb., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13: 67. 1821; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 99. 1872.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Vallikanjiram
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Climbing shrubs; stems striate, sparsely puberulous or glabrous. Leaves alternate, ovate or lanceolate, truncate, cordate, rarely acute at base, acuminate at apex, 8-14 x 3.5- 8 cm, chartaceous, glabrous, 3-5 nerved at base; petioles 1.5-3 cm long, sulcate, glabrous. Inflorescences axillary, panicled, 3.5-10 cm long, pubescent. Male flowers 2-7 at apex of inflorescence, yellow; sepals 6 in 2 rows; inner ones broadly elliptic, glabrous; petals 6, obovate, glabrous; stamens 6, cylindric. Female flower solitary; sepals and petals as in male ones; carpels 8-12, glabrous, on stalked puberulous gynophore. Drupes on branched carpophores, oblong to obovoid, 10-15 x 6-7 mm, glabrous, red when ripe; endocarp reticulate.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-December
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District(s):
Kozhikkode, Kottayam, Alappuzha, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests and also sacred groves in the plains
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Distribution:
India, Sri Lanka and South East Asia
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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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
-2000
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Localities:
Peechi, Nedumkayam, Tiruvalla, Dhoni R. F., Venmony, Muthappanpuzha
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