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Blumea clarkei
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Blumea clarkei Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 267. 1881; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 243. 1988; S. Kumar in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 121. 1995; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 461. 2009.
Blumea malabarica Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 267; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 688(484). 1921.
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Description:
Herbs, perennial with a fibrous rootstock; stems unbranched, 0.6-2 m tall, erect or climbing, velutinous especially in younger parts. Leaves obovate or oblanceolate to oblong-linear, base acute or apiculate, serrate or dentate with mucronate teeth, 4-15 x 0.7-6.0 cm, glabrate on the upper surface or velutinous on both the surfaces. Heads arranged in narrow, terminal, compact panicles, 8-12 mm in diam., subsessile with velutinous peduncle(upto 5 mm) in dense clusters. Involucral bracts 1.5-10 mm long, the outer lanceolate, inner linear-lanceolate, acute, more or less scarious with ciliate apices and margins, hairy on dorsal surface. Receptacle 4-5 mm in diam., densely pilose, alveolate. Corolla of bisexual florets yellow, tubular, 5-6.5 mm long, 5-lobed; lobes papillate, acute, pubescent; corolla of female florets filiform, 5-6 mm long, 2-3 lobed, glabrous. Achenes pale brown, oblong, ribbed, sparsely pubescent. Pappus pure white, 5-6 mm long, hairy.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-May
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District(s):
Kannur, Wayanad, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
India, Myanmar, China, Philippines and South East Asia
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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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Altitude:
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Localities:
Brahmagiri
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