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Sanicula elata
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Family:
APIACEAE/UMBELLIFERAE
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Citation: Sanicula elata Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 183. 1825; P.K. Mukh. & Constance, Umbell. India 17. 1993; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 35. 1998.
Sanicula hermaphrodita Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 183. 1825.
Sanicula europaea sensu Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 670. 1879, non L. 1753; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 556(393). 1919.
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Description:
Rootstock horizontal; branchlets ascending, striate, dichasially branched above. Leaves palmately 3-foliolate, chartaceous; petiole to 9 cm; principal segments ovate, 3-6 x 2-3.5 cm, base cuneate, margin dentate, apex acuminate. Umbels simple, cymosely arranged, terminal, also in upper axils, to 15 cm; peduncle to 6 cm. Involucre of 2-6 lanceolate bracts. Each umbel of 3-6 staminate flowers, and 3 bisexual flowers. Sepals 5, lanceolate. Petals 5, obovate, white. Stamens 5. Fruit ovoid-oblong, 3 x 2.5 mm, densely covered with uncinate bristles; vittae several; seed 1.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-October
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola forests
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Distribution:
South Eastern Asia from Pakistan to Western China and Southern Japan, to Southeastern Africa
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
White
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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