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Blumea eriantha
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Blumea eriantha DC. in Wight, Contrib. 15. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 266. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 686(482). 1921; S. Kumar in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 122.1995; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 196. 1998; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 461. 2009.
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Description:
Erect unbranched herbs, to 50 cm high; stems reddish, sparsely hairy. Leaves 3-6 x 1-2 cm, elliptic to obovate, acuminate at base, scabrid above. Heads 6 x7 mm, in terminal congested leafy panicle; peduncle 5 mm long; bracts 6 x 0.5 mm, lanceolate, acuminate, brown; outer smaller, pubescent. Bisexual flowers few, central; corolla 4 mm long, sparsely hairy; lobes pubescent. Achene 1 mm long, ribbed, sparsely hairy; pappus 4 mm long, brownish.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-April
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District(s):
Idukki, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Degraded forests and fields
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Distribution:
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):
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:
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Localities:
Methaganam
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