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Dysphania ambrosioides
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Family:
CHENOPODIACEAE
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Citation: Dysphania ambrosioides (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants, Ukrayins'k. Bot. Zhurn. 59: 382 2002.
Chenopodium ambrosioides L., Sp. Pl. 219. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 4. 1886; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1181(827). 1925; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 380. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 389. 1990; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 331. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 262. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 257. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 409. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 675. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Echekolli, Kattayamodagum, Mannennachedi, Nattachedi, Pookalachili
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
American wormseed, Mexican tea, Sweet pig weed
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Description:
Erect pungent smelling herbs, profusely branching. Leaves alternate, to 8 x 3 cm, elliptic to lanceolate, entire to deeply lobed, base attenuate, glabrous, membranous; upper leaves smaller. Flowers bisexual, minute, sessile, clustered in terminal and axillary cymes; perianth 5-lobed, herbaceous, green; stamens 5, free; ovary 1-celled, with solitary ovule; styles 3; stigmas 3. Fruit a utricle enclosed by the persistent perianth.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-April
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kottayam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Kannur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Degraded forests and wastelands
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Distribution:
Native of Tropical America; widely introduced elsewhere
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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):
Green
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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:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Champakkad, Thekkady, Thenkudippara, Gavi-pampa, Begur, Mundurapalai river side, Agali
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