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Waltheria indica
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Family:
STERCULIACEAE
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Citation: Waltheria indica L., Sp. Pl. 673. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 374. 1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 111(79). 1915; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 52. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 96. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 81. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 69. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 83. 1990; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 83. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 92. 1990; K.C. Malick in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 473. 1993; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 89. 1994; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 104. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 38. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 43. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 35. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 112. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 97. 2005; V. Chithra in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 476. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 141. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 167. 2009.
Waltheria americana L., Sp. Pl. 673. 1753.
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Description:
Erect, branching herbs or under shrubs; densely stellate-tomentose all over. Leaves 2-5 x 1-2.5 cm, elliptic-ovate to oblong, base cordate, margin serrate, apex rounded, venation impressed above and prominent beneath; petiole to 2.3 cm long. Flowers in axillary and terminal subsessile clusters. Calyx tube 2-4 mm long, campanulate; lobes 5. Petals 5, yellow, 4-5 mm long, obovate-obtuse. Stamens 5, connate below. Ovary villous, 1-celled; ovules 2; style c.1.5 mm long; stigma penicillate. Capsule 3-4 x 2 mm, obovoid, 2-valved, enclosed in calyx. Seed 1, c. 2 mm long, obovoid.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-January
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Degraded moist deciduous forest areas, also in the plains
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Distribution:
Pantropical
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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):
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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Altitude:
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Localities:
Chinnar, Thekkady, Ezhimala, Marayur, Vengoli, Nellimukal, Tellicherry, Taliparamba, Olavakkot, Attapady block-Mukkali, Aroor, Mannanchery, Nilambur, Kathirumudi
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