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Trichosanthes anamalaiensis
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Family:
CUCURBITACEAE
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Citation: Trichosanthes anamalaiensis Bedd., Madras J. Lit. Sci. ser. 3, 1: 47. 1864 & Trans. Linn. Soc. London 25: 217. 1865; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 530(374). 1919,"anamalayana"; Chakrav., Fasc. Fl. Ind. 11: 107. 1982; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 180. 1989; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 136. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 156. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 138. 1999; Nazarudeen, Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 25: 607. 2001.
Trichosanthes bracteata (Lam.) Voigt var. tomentosa Heyne, emend. Chakrav., Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. 17: 47. 1959.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Nepodal
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Large climbers; stem pilose, tendrils bifid. Leaves to 15 cm across, shallowly 3-5-lobed, lobes cuspidate, toothed, tomentose below, covered with circular cystolith above; petiole 5-6 cm long. Female flowers in cymes; bracts 3 cm across, deeply serrate; calyx tubular; petals 3 cm long, white. Berry 4 cm across, globose, red, smooth; seeds many, obovate, smooth.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-September
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District(s):
Kottayam, Idukki, Kollam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands and shola forest margins
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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:
Kallar, Olikkudy, Uppupara
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