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Blumea lacera
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Blumea lacera (Burm. f.) DC. in Wight, Contrib. 14. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 263. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 687(483). 1921; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 227. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 209. 1985; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 363. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 255. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 190. 1995; S. Kumar in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 128. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 247. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 173. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 363. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 196. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 163. 1999; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 371. 2002; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 377. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 462. 2009.
Conyza lacera Burm. f., Fl. Ind. t. 59. 1768.
Blumea subcapitata DC., Prodr. 5:439.1836.
Blumea lacera (Burm. f.) DC. var. cinerascens Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 263. 1881.
Blumea lacera (Burm. f.) DC. var. glandulosa (DC.) Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 263. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 687(483). 1921.
Blumea glandulosa DC. in Wight, Contrib. 14. 1834.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kukkura-chedi, Rakkila
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English name(s):
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Description:
Herbs; stems terete, glabrous. Leaves broadly elliptic, to 10 x 5 cm, acute at both ends; irregularly toothed. Heads 7 x 7 mm, globose, terminal and upper axillary, 10-15 together; bracts 7 x 1 mm, hairy at apex, inner oblong, acute, outer smaller. Bisexual flowers few; corolla 4-6 mm long, glandular, of female flowers slender. Achenes ribbed, hairy.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
Alappuzha, Kasaragode, Kollam, Idukki, Malappuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
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Distribution:
Paleotropics
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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:
500-700
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Localities:
Peechi, Kallar, Sivapura, Mlappara, Nilambur, Panathur, Taliparamba, Boneccord, Ponmudi, Kidangara, Karuvarakundu, Vandalodu, Kulathupuzha, Bonaccord
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