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Vernonia indica
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Vernonia indica Clarke, Comp. Ind. 16. 1876; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 238. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 674(474). 1921; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 235. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 257. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 225. 1989; Uniyal in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 372. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 212. 1998; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 291. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 486. 2009.
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Description:
Shrubs, 1-2 m high, usually not branching; stems white-wooly. Leaves simple, alternate, 12 x 5 cm, elliptic, acute at base and apex, serrate, glabrous above, densely white-tomentose below; nerves 6-8 pairs, raised below, reticulate. Heads many, 8 x 5 mm, globose, in panicled cymes; bracts unequal, oblong, obtuse, cottony-hairy. Flowers 5-10; corolla to 7 mm long, pink, glabrous. Achenes 2 mm long, strongly ribbed, glandular; pappus outer setaceous or absent; inner 6 mm long, setaceous, yellow.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-December
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District(s):
Idukki, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Kannur, 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):
Violet
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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:
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Localities:
Mangaladevi, Campshed area, Kakki hills, Chandanathode, Lock-hert gap
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