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Viscum monoicum
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Family:
VISCACEAE
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Citation: Viscum monoicum Roxb. ex DC., Prodr. 4: 278. 1830; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 224. 1886; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1258(880). 1925; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 242. 1988; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 597. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 359. 1998; Sanjai & Balakr., Rheedea 16: 97. 2006; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 712. 2009.
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Description:
Parasitic herbs, pale green, densely and often decussately branched basally; internodes generally terete, 3-5 cm x 2-3 mm. Leaves opposite, 5-8 x 1-2.5 cm, elliptical-lanceolate, often falcate, base acute-obtuse, apex usually acute, often attenuated and occasionally subacuminate, curvinervous, with 3-5 distinct veins; subsessile or with 2 mm long petioles. Inflorescence mostly axillary, up to c. 6 per node; dischasia subsessile or short (c. 1 mm) pedunculate, bearing c. 3-5 flowers subtended by 2 coalesced bracts forming a naviculate involucre c. 2-3 mm long. Fruit mostly oblong, slightly rounded at the base, truncated at the apex, 5 x 2-3 mm.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-March
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District(s):
Idukki, Malappuram, Palakkad, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
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:
Yes
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Green, Yellow
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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:
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Localities:
Thekkady, Anawayi border, Nadugani ghats
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