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Helichrysum buddleioides
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Helichrysum buddleioides DC. in Wight, Contrib. 20. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 290. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 699(491). 1921; P.C. Pant in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 99.1995; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 203. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 167. 1999; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 380. 2002.
Hedysarum hookerianum Wight & Arn. in DC., Prodr. 6: 201. 1838.
Helichrysum buddleioides var. hookerianum (Wight & Arn.) Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 291. 1881; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 263. 1994; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 231. 1984; Pant in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 99.1995; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 39. 1998.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Panjipoovu
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Subshrubs, 50-70 cm high, densely cottony wooly. Leaves simple, alternate, 5-10 x 1.5-2 cm, elliptic-oblong, acute at apex, narrowed and amplexicaule at base, sparsely cottony above, 5-7-ribbed. Heads 4 x 4 mm, globose, densely packed; bracts 3-4-seriate, 3.5 x 1 mm, oblanceolate, obtuse, yellow or hyaline, glabrous. Bisexual flowers 10-15; corolla 2 mm long, glabrous, yellow. Female flowers many; corolla 3 mm long. Achenes 3-angled, scabrid.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-March
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District(s):
Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Idukki, Palakkad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola forests
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Distribution:
India 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:
1400-2500
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Localities:
Olikkudy, Uppermanalar, Vellimala, Kanthaloor forests, Lock-hert gap, Pongalapara
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