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Daucus carota
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Family:
APIACEAE/UMBELLIFERAE
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Citation: Daucus carota L., Sp. Pl. 242. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 718. 1879; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 566(399). 1919.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Carrot, Karattu, Kyarattu, Manjamullanki
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Carrot, Bee's nest, Dauke
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Description:
Biennial, erect herb from a stout taproot; branchlets hispid. Leaves oblong, to 15 x 7 cm, pinnately decompound; terminal divisions to 12 x 2 mm; petiole to 10 cm; divisions of upper cauline leaves elongate. Umbels compound, terminal or in upper axils. Involucre of conspicuous pinnate bracts to 3 cm long. Rays numerous, subequal, to 6 cm long. Umbellules 20-35-flowered, central flowers petaloid, sterile. Involucel of linear, ciliate bracteoles; pedicels to 1 cm. Sepals obsolete. Petals white, obcordate, unequally cleft.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Cultivated as vegetable
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Distribution:
Widely cultivated in warmer parts of the world
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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):
White
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Weed:
No
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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:
Yes
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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