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Capparis heteroclita Roxb.
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Capparis heterogenea Roxb. ex Steud.
Synonym

Capparis oblongifolia Forssk.
Synonym

Crateva oblongifolia Spreng.
Synonym

Maerua angustifolia A. Rich.
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Maerua dasyura Gilg & Gilg-Ben.
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Maerua oblongifolia A. Rich.
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Maerua ovalifolia (Endl. ex Walp.) Cambess.
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Maerua rogeonii A.Chev.
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Maerua scabra (Endl. ex Walp.) Cambess.
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Maerua scebelensis Chiov.
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Maerua virgata Gilg
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Niebuhria arenaria DC.
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Niebuhria oblongifolia DC.
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Streblocarpus angustifolia (A. Rich.) Endl.
Synonym

Streblocarpus oblongifolia (Forssk.) Endl.
Synonym

Streblocarpus ovalifolia Endl. ex Walp.
Synonym

Streblocarpus scabra Endl. ex Walp.

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Irula

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Description

Habit: A large woody climber, to 8m.
Habit: A large woody climber, to 8m.

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A textual diagnostic description of the species that is not necessarily structured.

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Habit: Climbing Shrub
Habit: Climbing Shrub

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G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram

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G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram

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D. Narasimhan

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A textual diagnostic description of the species that is not necessarily structured.

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Nomenclature and Classification

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Natural History
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Morphology

<h6>Flower</h6><p>In terminal corymbose racemes; greenish-white. Flowering from January-March.</p><h6>Fruit</h6><p>A moniliform berry, twisted; seeds many, globose, tuberculate. Fruiting from February-June.</p><h6>Field tips</h6><p>Branchlets unarmed, glabrous. Fruits look like beads.</p><h6>Leaf Arrangement</h6><p>Alternate distichous</p><h6>Leaf Type</h6><p>Simple</p><h6>Leaf Shape</h6><p>Ovate or lanceolate</p><h6>Leaf Apex</h6><p>Obtuse-mucronate</p><h6>Leaf Base</h6><p>Obtuse</p><h6>Leaf Margin</h6><p>Entire</p>

Flower
In terminal corymbose racemes; greenish-white. Flowering from January-March.
Fruit
A moniliform berry, twisted; seeds many, globose, tuberculate. Fruiting from February-June.
Field tips
Branchlets unarmed, glabrous. Fruits look like beads.
Leaf Arrangement
Alternate distichous
Leaf Type
Simple
Leaf Shape
Ovate or lanceolate
Leaf Apex
Obtuse-mucronate
Leaf Base
Obtuse
Leaf Margin
Entire

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Describes the general appearance of the taxon; e.g body plan, shape and color of external features, typical postures. May be referred to as or include habit, defined as the characteristic mode of growth or occurrence associated to its environment, particularly for plants. Comprising its size, shape, texture and orientation. Example: tree, shrubs, herbs. May also be referred to include anatomy.

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Notes: Western Ghats, Deciduous Forests
Notes: Western Ghats, Deciduous Forests

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G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram

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G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram

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Sanjana Julias Thilakar

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Miscellaneus: notes attached to the taxon information

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Habitat and Distribution
Habitat and Distribution
Distribution

Description

Not common in scrub jungles and thickets from plains to 500m. Indian subcontinent.
Not common in scrub jungles and thickets from plains to 500m. Indian subcontinent.

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Enumerates geographic entities where the taxon lives. Covers ranges, e.g., a global range, or a narrower one; may be biogeographical, political or other (e.g., managed areas like conservencies); endemism; native or exotic. Does not include altitudinal distribution, which is covered under Habitat.

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Maharashtra: Kolhapur Karnataka: Coorg, Dharwar, Hassan
Maharashtra: Kolhapur Karnataka: Coorg, Dharwar, Hassan

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G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram

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G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram

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Sanjana Julias Thilakar

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Enumerates geographic entities where the taxon lives. Covers ranges, e.g., a global range, or a narrower one; may be biogeographical, political or other (e.g., managed areas like conservencies); endemism; native or exotic. Does not include altitudinal distribution, which is covered under Habitat.

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<h6>System Of Medicines Used In</h6><p>Ayurveda, Folk medicine</p>

System Of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda, Folk medicine

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FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1364

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Known or potential benefits of the species for humans, at a direct economic level, as instruments of education, prospecting, eco-tourism, etc. It includes published material or suggestions from the author or others. In any event, the source must be explicitly quoted. Can include ecosystem services. However, benefits to ecosystems not specific to humans are best treated under Risk statement (what happens when the organism is removed)

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Information Listing
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Species Resources

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References

Nomenclature and Classification > Taxon Record Name > Scientific Name

Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B. D, 1984, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000, Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002

Information Listing > References

Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B. D, 1984, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000, Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002

D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1364

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