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Ageratina adenophora
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Ageratina adenophora (Spreng.) King & Robins., Phytologia 19: 211. 1970; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 146. 1988; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 21, 35; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 244. 1996; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 37. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 358. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 193. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 161. 1999; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 85. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 165. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 274. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 457. 2009.
Eupatorium adenophorum Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 420. 1826; Uniyal in Hajra et al., Fl. India 12: 350. 1995.
Eupatorium glandulosum Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 4: 122, t. 346. 1820, non Michx. 1803.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Neelagiri, Thravada
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Sticky snakeroot, Crofton weed
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Description:
Subshrubs, glandular hairy, stem violet-blue. Leaves simple, opposite, 5-8 x 2-4 cm, ovate, apex acute, serrate; petiole 2 cm long. Heads 7 mm across, 5 mm long, packed, in terminal corymbose panicle; bracts 3-seriate, 4 x 1 mm, lanceolate, strongly 3-ribbed. Outer florets bisexual. Corolla white, 5-lobed, hispid. Inner florets female. Achenes 2 mm long, curved, ellipsoid, 5-angled, brown, smooth; pappus 5-10, 4 mm long, white, barbed.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-June
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kozhikkode, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Thrissur, Wayanad, Kannur, Kollam
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Degraded forest areas
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Distribution:
Originally from South America
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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):
White
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Weed:
Yes
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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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:
-1900
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Localities:
Sholayar, Ichampetty, Vellimala, Karimala, Kakki hills, Walakkad, Lock-hert gap, Karuvarakundu, Vellarimala
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