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Typhonium flagelliforme (Lodd.)Blume
Synonym
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Typhonium flagelliforme var. angustissimum
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Family
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Araceae
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Local name
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Malayalam - Karinthakara
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Flowering and
fruiting period
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July-September
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Distribution
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Indo-Malesia
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Distribution in kerala
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Kottayam, Alappuzha,
Kasaragode, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikkode
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Habitat
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Wastelands in plains
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IUCN Status
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LC
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Uses
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Anticancer,
anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antihepatotoxic.
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Key botanical characters:
Cormous herbs.
Leaves simple, rarely divided, ovate, base cordate, apex acute, chartaceous.
Spathe 6-15 cm long, tubular below, mouth constricted, expanded above into an
apically twisted limb; spadix exerted; male and female flowers widely
separated, neuter flowers just above the female, heteromorphic; ovary
1-locular; ovules 1-2, basal. Berry ovoid. Seeds 1 or 2, globose.
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