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Lindernia viscosa
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Family:
SCROPHULARIACEAE
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Citation: Lindernia viscosa (Hornem.) Merr., Sp. Blanc. 14. 1918; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 198. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 286. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 319. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 535. 1990; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 19. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 323. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 476. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 280. 1998; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 362. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 507. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 585. 2009.
Gratiola viscosa Hornem., Hort. Hafn. 19: 1807.
Vandellia hirsuta Benth., Scroph. Ind. 36. 1835; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 959(673). 1923.
Lindernia hirsuta (Benth.) Wettst. in Engl. & Prantl, Naturl. Pflanzenfam. 4(3b): 73. 1891.
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Description:
Erect or diffuse hirsute annual herbs, rooting at lower nodes. Leaves 1.5-5 x 1-3 cm, broadly ovate, oblong or obovate, base rounded or truncate, margin crenate-serrate, apex obtuse, hirsute on both surfaces, penninerved; petiole to 1.5 long; upper leaves much smaller and subsessile. Inflorescence a terminal lax, many-flowered raceme; peduncle sparsely glandular-pubescent; pedicels 5-8 mm long, glandular-pubescent; bracts minute, lanceolate. Calyx deeply 5-lobed almost to the base, glandular hispid; lobes 3-4 mm long, linear-lanceolate. Corolla c. 5 mm long, upper lip pale brown, lower lip white with yellow spots at mouth. Stamens 4; longer pair of filaments with a knee-like appendage. Capsule c. 2.5 mm long, ovoid, glabrous, slightly shorter than the calyx lobes. Seeds straw-coloured, shortly cylindric.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-October
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Wet areas in moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia and China
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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:
Yes
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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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Altitude:
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Localities:
Peechi, Vallakkadavu, Ranni, Kannoth, Andhakaranazhi, Thazhakkara, Nellikuth, Nedumkayam
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