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Vernonia malabarica
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Vernonia malabarica Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 230. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 675(475). 1921l; Uniyal in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 373.1995; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 383. 1997.
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Description:
Shrubby; branches softly pubescent. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, serrulate, upto 10 x 5 cm, thinly tomentose beneath. Heads in terminal, corymbose panicles, ca 1.2 cm across, ca 12-flowered. Involucral bracts few, linear-subulate, pubescent. Corolla lobes glandular-pubescent. Achenes obtusely 5-angled, glabrous, white glandular. Pappus hairs yellowish; outer paleaceous.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-March
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District(s):
Malappuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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Distribution:
Southern 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):
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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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
Vulnerable (VU)
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Altitude:
-1700
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Localities:
Kunda hills
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