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Hugonia mystax L.

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Hugonia mystax L.
Hugonia mystax L.
Hugonia mystax L.
Hugonia mystax L.
Hugonia mystax L.
Hugonia mystax
Hugonia mystax
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Hugonia mystax
🗒 Synonyms
synonymHugonia integerrima Stokes
synonymHugonia mystacina St. Lag.
synonymHugonia obovata Buch.-Ham.
🗒 Common Names
English
  • Climbing flax
Irula
  • Vaduvakkae
Malayalam
  • Kaarthotti
  • Modirakkanni
Other
  • Kaarthotti
  • Modirakkanni
Tamil
  • Mothirakanni
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Brief
Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Climber
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Contributors 
D. Narasimhan
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    Diagnostic Keys
    Description
    Habit: A straggling shrub, to 6m.
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      Rambling or climbing shrubs; branches yellow-tomentose; branchlets short, horizontal with leaflets towards base. Leaves alternate, tapering at base, obtuse or subacute at apex, 3-8 x 1-3.5 cm, hairy on midnerve; lateral nerves prominent on both surfaces; petioles ca 4 mm long, hairy. Peduncles axillary, ca 1mm long, yellow tomentose; bracts subulate, ca 7 mm long. Flowers ca 2.5 cm across. Sepals imbricate, ovate-lanceolate, ca 7 x 3 mm, fulvous pubescent. Petals shortly unguiculate, ca 12 x 7 mm, unequal, twisted, yellow. Stamens 8-10 mm long, alternately long and short; anthers cordate-ovate, erect, 2-loculed, opening by 2-longitudinal clefts. Ovary globose, glabrous; ovules pendulous; styles ca 4 mm long; stigmas lobed. Drupes globose, ca 1 mm, surrounded by persistent scarlet sepals.
      Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
      Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
      Contributors 
      Status UNDER_CREATION
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      References 
        Habit: Climbing shrub
        G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
        Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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          No Data
          📚 Natural History
          Cyclicity
          Flowering and fruiting: August-October
          Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
          Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
          Contributors 
          Status UNDER_CREATION
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            Morphology
            Flower

            In axillary and/or terminal cymes; golden yellow. Flowering from April-July and September-December.

            Fruit

            A globose drupe; orange to red when ripe; seeds 5, compressed. Fruiting throughout the year.

            Field tips

            Bark yellowish, corky. Peduncles hooked at base. Flowers turning white before falling.

            Leaf Arrangement

            Alternate-spiral

            Leaf Type

            Simple

            Leaf Shape

            Oblong, elliptic or obovate

            Leaf Apex

            Obtuse-subacute

            Leaf Base

            Tapering

            Leaf Margin

            Entire

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              Miscellaneous Details
              Notes: Western Ghats, Moist Deciduous to Evergreen Forests, also in the plains
              G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
              Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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                📚 Habitat and Distribution
                General Habitat
                Moist deciduous forests, also scrub jungles of the plains
                Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                Contributors 
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                  Description
                  Global Distribution

                  India and Sri Lanka

                  Indian distribution

                  State - Kerala, District/s: Alappuzha, Kollam, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Malappuram, Kozhikkode, Thrissur

                  Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                  Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                  Contributors 
                  Status UNDER_CREATION
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                    Maharashtra: Sindhudurg Karnataka: N. Kanara Kerala: Alapuzha, Kannur, Kollam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Thiruvananthapuram
                    G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                    Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                    Contributors 
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                      Very common in the scrub jungles, exposed areas of deciduous forests from plains to 500m. Peninsular India and Sri Lanka.
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                        No Data
                        📚 Occurrence
                        No Data
                        📚 Uses and Management
                        Uses

                        System of Medicines Used In

                        Ayurveda
                        Ayurveda
                        Folk medicine
                        Folk medicine
                        Siddha
                        Siddha
                        System Of Medicines Used In

                        Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Siddha

                        FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1149
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                          Medicinal
                          Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                          Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                            The roots have astringent properties and are used in curing fevers.
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                              Folklore
                              Indigenous Information: Preferred for fuel wood.
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                                📚 Information Listing
                                References
                                1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1149
                                1. Hugonia mystax L., Sp. Pl. 675. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 413. 1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 126(90). 1915; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 54. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 99. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 75. 1988; Hajra in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 576. 1993; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 91. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 93. 1994; J.L. Ellis & W. Arisdason in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 507. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 146. 2009.
                                1. Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B.D, 1984, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004,Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000
                                Information Listing > References
                                1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1149
                                2. Hugonia mystax L., Sp. Pl. 675. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 413. 1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 126(90). 1915; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 54. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 99. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 75. 1988; Hajra in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 576. 1993; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 91. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 93. 1994; J.L. Ellis & W. Arisdason in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 507. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 146. 2009.
                                3. Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B.D, 1984, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004,Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000

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                                📚 Meta data
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                                🐾 Taxonomy
                                RootRoot
                                KingdomPlantae
                                PhylumTracheophyta
                                ClassEquisetopsida C. Agardh
                                OrderMalpighiales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl
                                FamilyLinaceae
                                GenusHugonia
                                SpeciesHugonia mystax L.
                                📊 Temporal Distribution
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