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Cansjera rheedei
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Family:
OPILIACEAE
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Citation: Cansjera rheedei Gmel., Syst. 1: 280. 1791, 'rheedii'; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 582. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 193(138). 1915; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 64. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 97. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 92. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 119. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 112. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 63. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 64. 1999; R. Mathur in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 40. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 60. 2002; N.P. Balakr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 680. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 170. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 218. 2009.
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Description:
Climbing shrubs, branchlets glabrous. Leaves alternate, 8-11 x 4-7 cm, ovate, apex acute, base rounded, rugose, shortly petiolate. Flowers in axillary spikes, bisexual; calyx minute, 4-toothed; petals 4, united into an urceolate tube, 4 mm long, lobes valvate, reflexed; stamens 4, free; disc 4-lobed, lobes erect, tridentate; ovary oblong, 1-celled, ovule 1, style cylindric; stigma capitate, 4-lobed. Fruit a drupe; seed 1.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-February
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District(s):
Palakkad, Alappuzha, Idukki, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Malappuram, Kozhikkode, Wayanad, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests and scrub jungles, also in sacred groves
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Distribution:
India through Malaya to Hong Kong and North Australia
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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):
Green, Yellow
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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, Panikkankadavu, Thekkady, Kuchimudi, Marayur, Kannoth, Taliparamba, Pallippuram
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