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Cardamine africana
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Family:
BRASSICACEAE/CRUCIFERAE
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Citation: Cardamine africana L., Sp. Pl. 655. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 137. 1872; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 38(27). 1915; Hajra & H.J. Chowdhery in B.D. Sharma & N.P. Balakr., Fl. India 2: 109. 1993; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 44. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 14. 1998; A.N. Henry & T. Ravish. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 215. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 112. 2009.
Cardamine borbonica Pers., Syn. 2: 195. 1806.
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Description:
Weak herbs to 15 cm high, branches scarce. Leaflets 4 x 2 cm, lyrate, glabrous above, sparsely hairy below; petiole 5 cm long, slender. Raceme terminal, few-flowered. Flowers 8 mm across, pedicellate; sepals linear; petals 5 mm long, clawed; stamens 6, tetradynamous, filaments glabrous. Pod 4 cm long; seeds 2 x 0.5 mm, narrowly oblong, smooth.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
Idukki, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Degraded forest areas and plantations at high ranges
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Distribution:
Temperate and Subtropical 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):
White
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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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:
Anakuthivayal, Munnar, Kanthaloor forests
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