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Toxocarpus palghatensis
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Family:
ASCLEPIADACEAE
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Citation: Toxocarpus palghatensis Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1922: 119. 1922 & Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 830(583). 1923; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 179. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 292. 1990.
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Description:
Climbing shrubs; stem pubescent. Leaves simple, opposite, to 8 x 5 cm, smooth, elliptic-obovate, nearly glabrous, abruptly acuminate; main nerves 6-7 pairs. Flowers pale yellow, in axillary, villous racemose cymes. Calyx very small, 5-lobed. Corolla 1 cm long, white, 5-lobed. Corona scales shorter than the stamens, acute. Stamens inserted at the base of the corolla; filaments connate; anthers small, minutely fimbriate at tip. Ovary of 2 carpels. Follicles 2, divaricate; seeds oblong, flattened, tipped with a silky coma.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kannur
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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):
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:
Vulnerable (VU)
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Damsite
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