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Blumea obliqua
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Blumea obliqua (L.) Druce, Bot. Exch. Club. Brit. Isles 4: 609. 1917; S. Kumar in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 137.1995 Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 365. 1997.
Erigeron obliqum L., Mant. Pl. 2: 573. 1771.
Blumea amplectans DC. in Wight, Contrib. 13.1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 260. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 686(482). 1921.
Blumea pubiflora DC., Prodr. 5: 434. 1836.
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Description:
Herbs, erect, dichotomously branched; stems branched, yellowish, 5-50 cm high, puberulous. Leaves elliptic oblong to lanceolate, apiculate, margins serrate dentate, base half amplexicaul to obtuse, 0.5-5 x 0.2-2 cm, scabrid to velutinous on both surfaces. Heads solitary, terminal and axillary, 6-10 mm in diam., long pedunculate. Involucral bracts linear-lanceolate, 1-8 mm long, hairy on dorsal surface, reflexed at maturity; outer ones apiculate; inner acuminate, often tinged with purple, margins scarious. Receptacle slightly convex, areolate, glabrous. Corolla of bisexual florets yellow, tubular, 4-5 mm long, 5-lobed; lobes acute, papillate, pubescent; corolla of female florets filiform, 3-4 mm long, 2-3 lobed, glabrous. Achenes dark brown, oblong, not ribbed, pubescent. Pappus yellowish white, 3-4 mm long.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-March
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District(s):
Malappuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Wastelands near sea coasts
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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:
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Localities:
Manimooli
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