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Adenoon indicum
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Adenoon indicum Dalz. in Hook.'s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 2: 344. 1850; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 229. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 668(470). 1921; Uniyal in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 331.1995; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 357. 1997.
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Description:
Herbs, erect; stems terete, spreading hairy, angled. Leaves simple, 8.5 x 4.5 cm,obovate-elliptic-rhomboid, margins irregularly serrate, serrations ending in mucro, thick, hairy on both the surfaces, prominently nerved beneath. Heads pedunculate, bracteate at the forks and below the heads; bracts linear-lanceolate, almost awned at the tip. Involucral bracts many-seriate, glandular-hairy on the back, aristate; outer elliptic, ovate-lanceolate, ca 5.5 mm long; inner oblong-elliptic, ca 8.5 mm long, ciliate on the margins in the upper half, thinner, distinctly nerved. Achenes ca 2.5 mm long, 10-ribbed, glandular between the ribs. Pappus absent.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-December
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District(s):
Malappuram, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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Distribution:
Peninsular India
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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):
Pink
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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:
Peninsular India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Arikode
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