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Lagenandra keralensis Sivad. & Jaleel
Family
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Araceae
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Flowering and fruiting period
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March-June
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Distribution
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South India (Kerala)
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Distribution in kerala
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Ernakulam
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Habitat
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Shady stream banks
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Endemic/Exotic
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Endemic to Kerala
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Key Botanical Characters :
Herbs with creeping rhizome. Leaves long, pairs, secondary laterals at right
angles to the primary nerves; intercostae reticulate, margin closely
undulate; petiole 2-7 cm long, hairy, with basal transparent sheath. Inflorescens
4.5-9 cm long, peduncle 1.5-4.5 cm long, basal tube slightly boarder than the
limb, light purplish to pink outside, limb 1-1.5 x 0.4-0.6 cm, curved towards
onside with a narrow oblique opening. Spadix long; pistillate portion to the
base ca. 2 mm long, the sterile naked portion 3-4 mm long; staminate portion
2 mm long, appendix 1 mm long. Female flowers 6-8 in a single whorled; stigma
obcordate; ovary unilocular with 4-8 orthotropous ovules sourrounded by
numeral placental trichomes. Male flowers 8-100, spirally arranged. Infrutescence
with persistent basal tublar protion of the spathe, . Berries fleshy with
irregular rough surface; ; seeds 4-8, each ellipsoid.
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