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Tylophora pauciflora
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Family:
ASCLEPIADACEAE
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Citation: Tylophora pauciflora Wight & Arn. in Wight, Contrib. 49. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 41. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 843(592). 1923; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 169. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 260. 1984; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 248. 1989; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 322. 2005.
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Description:
Slender twiners; stem long-twining, glabrous. Leaves opposite, 3.5-7 x 2-4 cm, ovate, truncate or very shallowly cordate at the base, acute and apiculate at the apex, very thin, glabrous on both sides; petiole 1-2.5 cm long. Cymes laxly and dichasially branched, rather few-flowered, glabrous, shorter to longer than the leaves, with a peduncle usually exceeding the petioles. Calyx-lobes 1.5-2 mm long, broadly ovate, glabrous. Corolla greenish white with the centre dark purplish-brown; 0.6-0.7 cm in diameter, the lobes longer than the radius of the united portion. Corona lobes globose, cuspidate at apex. Follicle cylindric, c. 5 cm long.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
June-August
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District(s):
Kottayam, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Kozhikkode, Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola 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):
Pink
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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:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Kalleli
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