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Utricularia cecilii
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Family:
LENTIBULARIACEAE
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Citation: Utricularia cecilii Taylor, Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Pl. Sci.) 93: 99. 1984; M.K. Janarth. & Henry, Bladderworts India 47. 1992.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Krishnapoo, Paarapoo
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Herbs; rhizoids up to 2 cm long, 0.3-0.4 mm thick, tapering towards apex, glandular, branches up to 3 mm long, papillose; stolons up to 4 cm long, c. 0.2 mm thick, glandular. Foliar organs up to 10 x 2 mm, narrowly obovate, solitary at each stolon node, 3-nerved, rounded at apex. Traps to 1 mm across, subglobose, subdimorphic, on vegetative organs; stalk distally thickened or even throughout; mouth basal; appendages 2, subulate, glandular. Racemes up to 18 cm long, c. 0.7 mm thick, erect, rarely branched, angular, grooved, 1-6 flowered; scales up to 2 mm long, basifixed, ovate-deltoid, 3-nerved rarely 1-nerved, acute at apex; bracts 1.8 mm long, basifixed, ovate-deltoid, 1, 3 or 5-nerved, acute at apex; bracteoles shorter than bract, subulate, rarely 1-nerved; flowers up to 9-15 mm long; pedicels 2-9 mm long, erect at anthesis and spread in fruit; winged. Calyx-lobes unequal; upper lobe 3-6 x 3-4.5 mm, broadly ovate, margin dentate, acute at apex; lower lobe 3-4 x 2.5-3.5 mm, ovate, bi-or tridentate at apex. Corolla deep violet; upper lip c 7 x 5 mm, obovate, constricted at middle, crested near constriction, margin hairy near base, rounded or rarely emarginate at apex; lower lip 8-11 x 8-10 mm, galeate, hairy at throat, gibbous at base, rounded to emarginated at apex. Stamens 1.5-1.8 mm long; filaments strap-shaped, curved; anther thecae distinct. Ovary ovoid, compressed; style flat; stigma 2-lipped, semiorbicular, rarely truncate. Capsules 3.5-4 x 2.5-3 mm, ovoid, dehisce by a single vertical slit; placenta 2-2.5 x 1.5-2 mm, ovoid, compressed; seeds 0.2-0.35 mm long, obovoid; hilum terminal; testa reticulate, cells elongate, polygonal, intercellular space distinct.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-September
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District(s):
Kasaragode, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Water logging places in laterite rocks
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Distribution:
Western Ghats
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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):
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:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Beemanadi
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