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Tolypanthus lagenifer
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Family:
LORANTHACEAE
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Citation: Tolypanthus lagenifer (Wight) Tieghem, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 42: 249. 1895; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 402. 1988; Vajr. et al., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 5:424. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 241. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 412. 1990; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 711. 2009.
Loranthus lageniferus Wight, Ic. t.306. 1840; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 218. 1886; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1254(878). 1925.
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Description:
Parasitic shrubs; stem stout, glabrous, lenticellate. Leaves simple, opposite, 6-9 x 3-6 cm, reddish when young, ovate or ovate-oblong, apex obtuse or acute, base rounded; petiole 5-6 mm long. Flowers subsessile, fascicled on woody stem, subtended by reddish or yellowish campanulate, 5-lobed, 2-3 cm long involucre. Calyx 2.5-3 mm long, united; lobes 5, triangular. Corolla 2-2.5 cm long, green or reddish; tube dilated above the middle; lobes 5, short, linear-oblong. Stamens 5; filaments short; anthers linear. Ovary inferior, 1-loculed; style erect; stigma capitate.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-November
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kannur, Kozhikkode, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen 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):
Green, Red, 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:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Aruvanpara, Chandanathode, on way to Kannoth, Karivara slopes
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