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Senecio scandens
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Senecio scandens Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 352. 1881, p. p., non Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don 1825; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 157. 1988; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 40. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 376. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 208. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 169. 1999; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 92. 2000.
Senecio wightianus DC. in Wight, Contrib. 22. 1834; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 723(509). 1921.
Senecio intermedius Wight, Ic. t. 1135. 1846; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 723(509). 1921; R. Mathur in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 259. 1995; Sasidh. & Anto in Manoharan et al., Silent Valley-Whispers Reason 138. 1999.
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Description:
Climbing shrubs; stems ridged, zig-zag, glabrous. Leaves 5-10 x 2-4 cm, ovate, hastate at base, acute at apex, serrate, decurrent and auricled at the base of the petiole. Heads 7 x 5 mm, many, in axillary panicle with zig-zag branches; bracts 5 x 1.5 mm, oblong, similar. Female flowers peripheral; corolla 7 mm long, limb 3-lobed, yellow. Bisexual flowers central; corolla 4 mm long, tubular. Achenes ribbed, hairy between the ribs; pappus white, 3-4 mm long.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-April
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District(s):
Kozhikkode, Idukki, Malappuram, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Indian subcontinent, South China, Philippines and Japan
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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:
900-2100
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Localities:
Pothumala, Vellimala, Sispara, Lock-hert gap, Kunda hills, Vellarimala
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