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Cerastium indicum
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Family:
CARYOPHYLLACEAE
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Citation: Cerastium indicum Wight & Arn., Prodr. 43. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 227. 1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 61(44). 1915; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 45. 1998; N. C. Majumdar in B.D. Sharma & N.P. Balakr., Fl. India 2:524.1993.
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Description:
Decumbent, slender, glandular-pubescent herbs. Leaves decussate, lanceolate or obovate-oblong, 2-3.5 x 0.5-1 cm, subchartaceessile, subsessile; stipules 0. Cymes terminal and also axillary, dichotomous; branchlets diverging, less than 10-flowered. Sepals 5, lanceolate, 5 mm. Petals 5, 2-fid, white, elliptic, exceeding sepals. Stamens 10. Capsule 6 mm ovoid, teeth recurved; seeds many, tubercled.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-February
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola forests
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Distribution:
South India and Sri Lanka
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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):
White
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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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