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Salvia splendens Sellow ex Roem. &
Schult.
Synonym
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Fenixanthes splendens (Sellow ex Roem. & Schult.)
Raf.
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Family
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Lamiaceae
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Local name
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English - Scarlet Sage
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Flowering and fruiting period
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Throughout the year
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Distribution
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Native of Brazil
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Distribution in Kerala
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All Districts
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Habitat
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Grown as garden plant
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Endemic/Exotic
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Exotic
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Uses
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Ornamental plant
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Key botanical characters:
Subshrubs. Leaves ovate, base cuneate, margin serrate, apex acuminate, glandular-punctate
below; petiole to 4 cm. Racemes terminal, to 16 cm; verticillasters to
6-flowered; peduncles puberulous; pedicels to 4 mm; bracts ovate-lanceolate, scarlet. Calyx broadly tubular; tube 8-nerved;
lobes ovate-acute. Corolla scarlet; tube 3 cm, compressed; upper lip erect, 2-fid at apex; lower lip shorter, 3-lobed. Stamens 2, exserted;
filaments 5 mm.
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