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  Lysimachia procumbens
 
  Family: PRIMULACEAE
  Citation:  Lysimachia procumbens Baudo, Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. ser. 2, 5: 20. 1843; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 38. 1996; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 65. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 221. 1998. Lysimachia deltoidea Wight, Illustr. 2: t.144. 1850; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 505. 1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 746(525). 1921.
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  Description: Villous herbs; stem shortly creeping. Leaves opposite, to 2 x 1.5 cm; ovate, acute, rounded to cordate at base; petiole 5 mm long. Flowers axillary, solitary; pedicels 1.5 cm long; slender, erect; calyx 5-partite, lobes 6 mm long, lanceolate; corolla yellow, 1.5 cm across, deeply 5-lobed, lobes obovate; stamens 5, filaments inserted at the base of corolla tube, shortly united at base; ovary 1-celled, globose, ovules many, on free central placenta; style filiform. Capsule 6 mm across, globose, 5-valved; seeds many, trigonous.
  Habit: Herb
  Flowering & Fruiting: September-January
  District(s): Idukki
  Medicinal:
  Habitat: Grasslands
  Distribution: India, Sri Lanka and Himalayas
  Aquatic: No
  Epiphyte(s): No
  Saprophyte: No
  Stem parasite: No
  Root parasite: No
  Flower colour(s): Yellow
  Weed: No
  Monocot/Dicot: Dicotyledonous Plants
  Exotic: No
  Garden: No
  Edible: No
  Vegetable: No
  Endemic to:
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  Localities: Kottamala, Eravikulam, Old Devicolam
   
 
   

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