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Tylophora tetrapetala var. tenuissima
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Family:
ASCLEPIADACEAE
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Citation: Tylophora tetrapetala (Dennst.) Suresh var. tenuissima (Roxb. ex Willd.) Swarup., Blumea 38: 234. 1993; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 254. 1998.
Asclepias tenuissima Roxb. ex Willd. in Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. 6: 86. 1820.
Tylophora tenuissima (Roxb. ex Willd.) Wight & Arn. in Wight, Contrib. 49. 1834.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Puzhukolli
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Glabrous twiners. Leaves to 5 x 1.5 cm, oblong-lanceolate, apiculate, rounded at base, nerves 4 pairs, very slender; petiole 0.5 cm long. Umbels in branched racemes, up to 4 cm long; peduncle 1.5 cm long, slender. Flowers brownish, 3 mm across, 3-7 together, in lateral umbellate cluster; pedicels to 8 mm long; sepals subulate, glabrous; corolla yellowish brown, lobes 4, ovate, acute; gynostegium 0.6 x 1 mm; corona process globose. Follicle 4 cm long, ovoid, glabrous, narrowed into a short beak.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
May-June
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District(s):
Kannur, Palakkad, Wayanad, Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forest and scrub jungles
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Distribution:
India and Myanmar
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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):
Rose
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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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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
-2500
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Localities:
Thekkady, Thunakkadavu, Ezhimala, Umaiyamalai near Devicolam, Dhoni R. F., Kaikatty, Mukkali forests, Ponmudi, Sultan Bathery, Muthukurussi
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