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Thottea
siliquosa (Lam.) Ding Hou
Synonym : Apama siliquosa Lam.
Family
: Aristolochiaceae
Local Names
: Alpam, Karelvegam,
Kodaashari, Kuttivayana
Flowering
and fruiting period:
Throughout the year
Distribution: Peninsular India and Sri Lanka
Habitat: Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests
IUCN
status:
Data Deficient
Endemic: No
Uses: Medicinal
Key
Characters:
Shrubs, branchlets angled. Leaves
simple, alternate, elliptic-oblong. Flowers in axillary fascicles; perianth
lobed, united into a cup, acute, purplish-brown, lined inside. Stamens 12,
united in 3 groups. Ovary 4-celled; stigma peltate, many-lobed. Capsule
cylindrical, torulose.
