{"id":1470176,"date":"2022-05-01T15:19:53","date_gmt":"2022-05-01T09:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/?p=1470176"},"modified":"2024-12-23T16:10:20","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T10:40:20","slug":"artanema-longifolium","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/artanema-longifolium\/","title":{"rendered":"Artanema longifolium"},"content":{"rendered":"

Artanema longifolium\u00a0<\/i>(L.) Vatke, Linnaea 43: 307 1882<\/cite>. (syn: Achimenes sesamioides<\/em>\u00a0Vahl<\/a>; Artanema angustifolium<\/em>\u00a0Benth.<\/a>; Artanema cabrae<\/em>\u00a0De Wild. & T.Durand<\/a>; Artanema longiflorum<\/em>\u00a0Wettst.<\/a>; Artanema sesamoides<\/em>\u00a0(Vahl) Benth.<\/a>; Bahelia angustifolia<\/em>\u00a0(Benth.) Kuntze<\/a>; Sesamum javanicum<\/em>\u00a0Burm.f.<\/a>; Ourisianthus caeruleus<\/em>\u00a0Bonati<\/a>);
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\nTropical Old World: Angola, Benin, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Gabon, Ghana,<\/span> India, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Malaya,<\/span> Myanmar, Nigeria, Philippines,<\/span> Sri Lanka, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Za\u00efre<\/span> as per POWO<\/a>;
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\nCommon name:<\/b>\u00a0Longleaf Koala Bells \u2022\u00a0Kannada<\/span>:<\/strong> \u0ca8\u0cc0\u0cb0\u0ccd\u0cae\u0cb2\u0ccd\u0cb2\u0cbf Neermalli \u2022\u00a0Malayalam<\/span>:<\/strong> Kolivalan, Vathom-varetti, Bahel-chulli, Vayalchulli \u2022\u00a0Sanskrit<\/span>:<\/strong> \u0915\u094b\u0915\u093f\u0932\u093e\u0915\u094d\u0937\u093e Kokilaksha, \u0915\u094b\u0915\u093f\u0932\u093e\u0915\u094d\u0937\u0903 Kokilakshah, Iksrua \u2022\u00a0Tamil<\/span>:<\/strong> \u0ba8\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbf Neermalli
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Under shrubs.<\/span> Leaves opposite, to 20 x 8 cm, elliptic, acuminate, serrate, attenuate at base, glabrous; nerves to 6 pairs, distinct below; petiole short or absent. Racemes terminal, to 20 cm long; bracts leafy; bracteoles absent. Flowers sessile, to 25 mm long; calyx 12 mm long, campanulate, divided to the middle, lobes acuminate, glabrous; corolla 2.5 cm long, 2-lipped, deep violet, upper lip round or emarginate, lower lip 3-lobed, lobes orbicular; stamens 4, filaments of longer stamen curved or arched, with an orbicular basal appendage, anthers connate in pairs; ovary 2-furrowed, many-ovuled; style long, slender, stigma spathulate. Capsule 7 x 8 mm, depressed globose; seeds cylindrical, puberulus, brown.<\/span>
\nFlowering and fruiting: August-December<\/span>
\nMoist deciduous forests and grasslands<\/span>
\n(Attributions: Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi as per India Biodiversity Portal<\/a>)
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\nBeautiful shrub<\/span> with opposite, linear leaves.<\/span> The flowers are purple occurring terminally.
\nMyristica swamp<\/span> near Trivandrum<\/span><\/p>\n

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Something close to\u00a0Leucophyllum frutescens\u00a0<\/i>(Berl.) I.M.Johnst. ??<\/p>\n

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Artanema sesamoides<\/em><\/p>\n

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References:
\nPOWO<\/a> \u00a0Catalogue of Life<\/a>\u00a0 The Plant List Ver.1.1<\/a>\u00a0 IPNI<\/a>\u00a0 GBIF<\/a> (High resolution specimens) Flora of peninsular India<\/a> \u00a0Flowers of India<\/a>\u00a0 India Biodiversity Portal<\/a> \u00a0Kerala plants<\/a> \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a> \u00a0Useful Tropical Plants<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Artanema longifolium\u00a0(L.) Vatke, Linnaea 43: 307 1882. (syn: Achimenes sesamioides\u00a0Vahl; Artanema angustifolium\u00a0Benth.; Artanema cabrae\u00a0De Wild. & T.Durand; Artanema longiflorum\u00a0Wettst.; Artanema sesamoides\u00a0(Vahl) Benth.; Bahelia angustifolia\u00a0(Benth.) Kuntze; Sesamum javanicum\u00a0Burm.f.; Ourisianthus caeruleus\u00a0Bonati); . Tropical Old World: Angola, Benin, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, India, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Malaya, Myanmar, Nigeria,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[9819],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1470176","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-artanema"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1470176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1470176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1470176\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1470176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1470176"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1470176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}