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Gynura nitida
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Gynura nitida DC. in Wight, Contrib. 24. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 333. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 714(502). 1921; Davies, Kew Bull. 35: 366. 1981; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 230. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 154. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 217. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 253. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 263. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 187. 1995; R. Mathur in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 221. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 21, 29; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 251. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 176. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 202. 1998; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 89. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 170. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 379. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 284. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 473. 2009.
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Description:
Stout herbs, stem furrowed, glabrous. Leaves basal and cauline, similar, 10-15 x 3-4 cm, oblanceolate, entire, apex obtusely acute, narrowed and amplexicaule at base. Heads 16 x 12 mm, cylindrical, 10-20 together, in panicled cymes; bracts 10 x 2 mm, lanceolate, acute; receptacle rugose. Flowers not all fertile; corolla 10 mm long, lobes obtuse, glandular. Achenes 3.5 x 1 mm, ellipsoid, 11-ribbed, truncate, black; pappus 14 mm long, white.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-December
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kottayam, Kozhikkode, Idukki, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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Distribution:
Western Ghats
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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:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
1000-2500
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Localities:
Karimala Hills, Rosemala, Kalvarimala, Uppupara, Karimala, Ponmudi, Damsite, Pathenthode, Kakki hills, Pooyamkutty, Hereford, Vandalodu, Olichuchattam, Athirumala, Pongalapara
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