905
Synonym
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Utricularia reticulata var. parviflora Santapau
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Family
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Lentibulariaceae
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Local name
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Malayalam – Krishnapoovu,
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Flowering and fruiting period
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September-March
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Distribution
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India
and Sri Lanka
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Distribution
in kerala
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All Districts
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Habitat
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Paddy
fields, ponds and marshy areas
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IUCN Status
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Least concern
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Uses
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The dried
leaves are used to make a medicinal tea. People
take bladderwort for treating urinary tract disorders including
kidney stones and urinary tract infections (UTIs).
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Key Botanical
Characters:
Terrestrial
herbs; rhizoids upto 2 cm long, capillary; stolons upto 5 cm long, capillary,
profusely branched. Foliar organs upto 1 cm long, narrowly linear, 1-nerved,
attenuate at base, obtuse at apex. Traps numerous, 0.5-1 mm long, subglobose;
appendages 2, subulate. Racemes up to 45 cm long, twining, rarely erect;
scales similar to the bracts;, ovate to lanceolate, basifixed, apex acute;
bracteoles subulate, about as long as bract. Flowers long; pedicles 5-15 mm
long, erect at anthesis, deflexed in fruit, narrowly winged. Calyx-lobes
subequal, lanceolate to ovate, acute to acuminate at apex. Corolla violet,
blue or white; upper lip 7-12 mm long, obovate or suborbicular; lower lip
10-15 x 8-11 mm, orbicular to obovate, apex rounded; spur subulate about as long
as the limb, conical, slightly curved. Stamens 2-3 mm long. Ovary ovoid;
stigma 2-lipped, truncate at apex. Capsules, ovoid or discoid, compressed;
seeds obovoid, testa reticulate.
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