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Hypolytrum nemorum (Vahl) Spreng.
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Synonym |
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Albikia schoenoides
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Family |
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Cyperaceae |
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Local
name |
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Malayalam –Cherukaitha |
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Flowering
and fruiting period |
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Throughout the year |
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Distribution |
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Indo-Malesia to Fiji and China |
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Distribution
in kerala |
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All Districts |
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Habitat |
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In all forest types, also
in the plains |
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Key Botanical Characters: Erect, rhizomatous perennials, 60-110 cm tall; rhizome
woody, short; culms triquetrous. Leaves basal and 1-3 upper on the culm,
60-95 x 1-2 cm, broadly linear, margins scabrid, apex acute,
flattish-plicate, subcoriaceous, midnerve scabrid beneath; sheaths to 6 cm
long, mouth truncate. Inflorescence terminal corymbose-panicle, compound to
decompound, 3.5-6 cm tall, 4-7 cm across; bracts 2-3, leaf-like, lowest much
exceeding the inflorescence. Spikelets 4-6 x 3-4 mm, globose to ellipsoidal.
Glumes spiral, 2-2.5 x 1.5-2 mm, ovate-orbicular, obtuse, membranous, light
brown. Hypogynous scales 2, hyaline, c. 1 mm long. Stamens 2. Style short;
stigmas 2. Nuts 2-3 x 1.5-2 mm, broadly ovate, broadest at slightly below the
middle, yellowish-brown.  |
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