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Tylophora belostemma
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Family:
ASCLEPIADACEAE
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Citation: Tylophora belostemma Benth. in Benth. & Hook. f., Gen. Pl. 2: 771. 1876.
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Description:
Climbing shrubs, to 4 m, long, hirsute throughout. Leaves opposite, 2.5- 5 x 1.2-3 cm, ovate-oblong, membranous, base shallowly cordate, apex acuminate; lateral veins 4 or 5 pairs; petiole 1-2 cm long. Inflorescence shorter than leaves, with 1 or 2, many- flowered, umbel-like cymules; peduncle 0.5-1.5 cm, rachis when present much shorter; bracts linear, to 2 mm long; pedicel capillary, 1-2 cm long. Sepals broadly lanceolate ca. 0.8 mm long. Corolla purple, rotate, glabrous except for lobes; tube ca 0.7 mm radius; lobes oblong, ca 2 x 1 mm, apex rounded, sparsely pilose towards margin. Corona dark purple except for conspicuous pale margin of anther appendages; pollinia suberect. Ovaries glabrous. Stigma head flattened. Follicles solitary, apparently slender fusiform
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
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District(s):
Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Deciduous forests
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Distribution:
India and Nepal
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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):
Purple
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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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