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Polypleurum dichotomum
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Family:
PODOSTEMACEAE
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Citation: Polypleurum dichotomum (Gard.) Hall, Kew Bull. 26: 131. 1972; Nagendran & Arekal, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 23: 232. 1981; Joseph, Aquatic Angiosp. Malabar 188. 1991; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 392. 1990; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 570. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 259. 2002.
Podostemum dichotomum Gard., Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 7: 185. 1846; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 64. 1886.
Dicraeia dichotoma (Gard.) Tul., Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. ser. 3, 11:101.1849; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1196(837).1925.
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Description:
Thallus to 20 x 0.5 cm, branched, ribbon like, free floating, base attached on rocks; secondary shoots marginal. Leaves to 3 x 0.5 mm, 2, unequal; floral bracts 6, distichous, keeled. Flowers solitary on secondary shoot; stamens 2, monadelphous, staminodes ca. 3 mm long, 2, linear; style ca 1 mm long, lanceolate. Fruit ca 3 mm, ellipsoid, 8-ribbed, isolobous.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-February
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District(s):
Palakkad, Malappuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
On submerged rocks in streams
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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Aquatic:
Yes
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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):
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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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Karappara, Bhavani river bank, Kunthipuzha dam site area, Kanjirakadavu, Machiri
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