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Blumea belangeriana
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Blumea belangeriana DC., Prodr. 5: 444. 1836; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 266. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 686(482). 1921; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 208. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 151. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 362. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 249. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 255. 1994; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 9. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 246. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 173. 1997; S. Kumar in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 119. 1995; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 362. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 195. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 167. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 461. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Venappacha
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Stem reddish-brown, branchlets villous, mixed with gland-tipped hairs. Leaves 5-6.5 x 3-4.5 cm, sessile, elliptic or obovate, apex acute or obtuse, base attenuate, irregularly dentate, lateral nerves 6-8 pairs. Heads 7 mm across, peduncles and phyllaries villous, mixed with gland-tipped hairs; corolla yellow. Achenes ribbed, hairy along the ribs.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-April
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kasaragode, Idukki, Malappuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Shady places along stream beds and forests margins
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Distribution:
India and Sri Lanka
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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:
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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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
-600
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Localities:
Peechi, Kattalappara, Kalvarimala, Karimala, Damsite, Pathenthode, Panathur, Ponmudi, Machiri, Arikode, Ampumala, Pattakarimb
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