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Priva cordifolia
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Family:
VERBENACEAE
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Citation: Priva cordifolia (L.f.) Druce, Bot. Exch. Club. Soc. Brit. Isles 4: 641. 1917; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 368. 1990; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 243. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 242. 2002; Rajendran & Daniel, Indian Verbenaceae 298. 2002.
Buchnera cordifolia L.f., Suppl. Pl. 287. 1781.
Priva leptostachya Juss., Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris 7: 70. 1806; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 565. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1091(764). 1924.
Streptium asperum Roxb., Pl. Corom. t. 146. 1800.
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Description:
Erect herbs; stem quadrangular. Leaves to 5 x 4 cm, broadly ovate, apex acute, base truncate, crenate, membranous, pilose; petiole to 4 cm. Racemes terminal, to 15 cm; bracts 2 mm, lanceolate; flowers white; calyx 6 mm, 5-ribbed, pubescent; corolla tube obscurely 2-lipped, 8 mm, curved, lobes 4 mm, orbicular; filaments subequal; ovary oblong,. Fruit enclosed in calyx tube, sticky, pubescent.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-January
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests
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Distribution:
India, Pakistan and Nepal
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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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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Alampetty, Chinnar, Kuchimudi, Attappady R.F.
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