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Ventilago maderaspatana
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Family:
RHAMNACEAE
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Citation: Ventilago maderaspatana Gaertn., Fruct. 1: 223. t. 49. f. 2. 1788; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 631. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 218(156). 1918; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 69. 1999; Bhandari & Bhansali in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 221. 2000; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 228. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Vembada, Marapettykody
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Red creeper
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Description:
Climbing shrubs; young branchlets black when dry. Leaves to 8 x 3.5 cm, ovate-elliptic, apex and base obtuse, crenate along the lower half, coriaceous; petiole to 1 cm. Panicles axillary and terminal, to 15 cm long, grey pubescent; pedicels to 3 mm, pubescent; calyx tube obconic, 1 mm, lobes to 2 mm, triangular; petals 1 mm, obovate; stamens 5, opposite to the petals, filaments 1 mm, disc flattened, 5-angled; ovary half inferior, pubescent, style 0.5 mm, stigma shortly bifid.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-March
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District(s):
Wayanad, Idukki
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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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):
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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:
-900
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Localities:
Alampetty
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