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Tylophora rotundifolia
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Family:
ASCLEPIADACEAE
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Citation: Tylophora rotundifolia Buch.-Ham. ex Wight, Contrib. 50. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 43. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 843(593). 1923; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 254. 1998; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 536. 2009.
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Description:
Trailing herbs; stems covered with curved hairs. Leaves to 5-7 x 4-7 cm, broadly ovate or orbicular, cordate at base, obtuse at apex; nerves 4-6 pairs, irregular; petiole 3-5 mm long. Umbels erect, axillary, 3 cm long, peduncled. Flowers creamy, 7 mm across, many together; sepals 2 x 0.2 mm, linear, hirsute; corolla lobes 3 x 2 mm, ovate, obtuse; gynostegium 1.1 x 1 mm, corona process globose. Follicle 4 x 1.5 cm, ellipsoid, glabrous.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
May-September
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District(s):
Idukki, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola and evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Peninsular India
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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):
Creamy
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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:
Peninsular India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Thannikkudy
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