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Blumea bifoliata
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Blumea bifoliata (L.) DC. in Wight, Contrib. 14.1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 261. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 686(482). 1921; S. Kumar in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 120. 1995; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 362. 1997.
Conyza bifoliata L., Sp. Pl. 862. 1753.
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Description:
Viscid pubescent herbs; stems branched from base, ascending, upto 3 m tall, villous, terete. Leaves alternate, oblong-spathulate, 2-7 x 1.5-3 cm, membranous, softly pubescent above and below, glandular; glands stalked, lower leaves cuneate, decurrent to petiole, upper ones truncate, acute, dentate, subsessile, uppermost opposite. Heads yellow, terminal and axillary, 1 or 2, upto 7 mm in diam., pedunculate. Outer involucral bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 4 x 0.3 mm, densely strigose, curved; inner ones linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 6 x 0.2 mm, scarious, sparsely strigose hairy, glandular. Corolla of bisexual florets tubualr, 2.5-4 mm long, 5-lobed; lobes hairy; corolla of female florets filiform, 3.5-4 mm, 2-3-lobed, glabrous. Achenes narrowly oblong with 4-5 hairy angles; pappus white, 2.5-4.5 mm long.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-March
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District(s):
Malappuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands and dry fields
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Distribution:
India, Pakistan, Myanmar 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:
Machiri, Arikode
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