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Dopatrium
junceum (Roxb.) Buch.-Ham. ex Benth.
Synonym
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Didymocarpus
aristatus
(Blanco) Fern.-Vill.
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Family
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:
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plantaginaceae
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Flowering
and fruiting period
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August-October
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Distribution
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Eastern
tropics
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Distribution
in Kerala
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Kottayam,Alappuzha,Kollam,Iduki,Pathanamthitta,
Palakkad,Malappuram, Kozhikkode
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Habitat
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:
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Marshy
areas and riverbeds
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IUCN
status
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Least
concerned
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Key
botanical Charcters
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Aquatic or amphibious, erect herbs; roots spongy white. Basal
leaves decussate, oblong, base and apex acute, fleshy,
basally 3-nerved, sessile, decurrent on stem; upper ones reduced. Flowers
axillary, in decussate pairs, lower ones subsessile, upper ones pedicellate;
bracts linear;pedicels 6-12 mm long, filiform. Calyx-lobes 5,long,
obtuse. Corolla bluish-pink, 5 mm long; lobes 5, upper
lip covering the lower lip in bud. Stamens 2, included; anthers 2-celled,
lobes unequal, bearded. Ovary , globose; stigma 2-lamellate. Capsule globose, on erect pedicel. Seeds numerous, minute,
pitted,blackish brown.
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