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Argemone mexicana
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Family:
PAPAVERACEAE
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Citation: Argemone mexicana L., Sp. Pl. 508. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 117. 1872; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 35(25). 1915; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 54. 1990; Debnath & M.P. Nayar in B.D. Sharma & N.P. Balakr., Fl. India 2: 2. 1993; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 8. 1995; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 51. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 16. 1999; N.P. Balakr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 207. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 111. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Bhramadanthi, Erumakalli, Kandankathiri, Malayeruma, Ponnummam, Ponnumattu, Swarnasheeri, Virumenchedi
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Mexican Poppy, Prickly poppy, Yellow mexican poppy
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Description:
Erect herbs, to 70 cm, spiny, sap yellow. Leaves alternate, 12-30 x 4-10 cm, dissected, semi-amplexicaule, membranous, margins spiny, midrib thick. Flowers terminal, solitary, 4.5 cm across, yellow; sepals 2-3; petals 4-6; stamens many; ovary 1 celled, ovules many, stigma 5- lobed. Capsule 4 x 2 cm, oblong, spiny, dehiscing apically downwards; seeds rugose.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
Idukki, Malappuram, Palakkad, Kollam, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Weed of fallow fields
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Distribution:
Originally from West Indies; now naturalised in the tropics
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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):
Yellow
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Weed:
Yes
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Champakkad, Anaikatty, Kathalakandy, Mampad, Thenmalai
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