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Blumea barbata
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Blumea barbata DC. in Wight, Contrib. 14. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 262. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 687(483). 1921; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 226. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 243. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 249. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 255. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 190. 1995; S. Kumar in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 119. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 167. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 278. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 376. 2009.
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Description:
Stiff herbs, stem reddish, hispid. Leaves 5-7 x 2-3 mm, obovate-oblanceolate, apex obtuse, distantly serrate, glabrous above, fulvous-tomentose below, nearly sessile. Heads 7 x 6 mm, in terminal and axillary congested cymes; bracts 7 x 0.5 mm, linear-lanceolate, silky hairy. Flowers many; corolla 4 mm long, glabrous; bisexual corolla broader. Achenes 1 mm long, ribbed, hairy, brown.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-March
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District(s):
Palakkad, Alappuzha, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Degraded forests and waste lands
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Distribution:
South India and Sri Lanka
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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:
-1500
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Localities:
Karimala, Mannarappara, Kannoth, Kaikatty forests-Pothundy, Agastyarkudam, Ponmudi, Thenmalai, Chathiyara
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