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Buchnera hispida
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Family:
SCROPHULARIACEAE
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Citation: Buchnera hispida Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 91. 1825; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 298. 1884; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 966(679). 1923; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 194. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 281. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 195. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 513. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 322. 1990; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 276. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 214. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 355. 2005.
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Description:
Rigid hispid erect herbs, to 60 cm high, usually not branched. Lower leaves opposite, 5 x 1 cm, elliptic, obtuse, serrate, attenuate at base; upper leaves alternate, narrower, densely hispid. Flowers pink to bluish-violet, in terminal lax spike of 20 cm long; bracts ovate, acute, hispid; sepals 5-6 mm long, tubular, acutely lobed; corolla tube 8 mm long, narrow, hairy inside; lobes equal, small, spreading, blue; stamens 4, filaments short, anthers not cohering; ovary many-ovuled; style stout, stigma terminal. Capsule 5 x 3 mm, oblong, loculicidal, opening by apical slits, glabrous; seeds 0.5 mm long, curved-obovoid, black, angled.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-December
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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Distribution:
India, Madagascar, Tropical Africa
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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):
Blue, Violet
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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:
Mangaladevi, Karimala, Damsite, Kakki hills, Poochipara
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