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Blumea membranacea var. jacquemontii
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Blumea membranacea Wall. ex DC. var. jacquemontii (Hook. f.) Randeria, Blumea 10: 271.1960; S. Kumar in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13:135.1995; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 196. 1998.
Blumea jacquemontii Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 265. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 688(484). 1921.
Blumea kingii Clarke ex Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 265. 1881.
Blumea obovata Clarke, Comp. Ind. 7: 1876 non DC. 1836.
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Description:
Herbs to 1 m high; stem covered with simple and glandular hairs. Leaves 10-15 x 3-4 cm, elliptic, acute at either ends, margins lyrate-serrate, decurrent along petiole; petiole to 5 cm long. Heads 8 x 10 mm, pedunculate, in large terminal panicles with pubescent branches; bracts 8 x 0.5 mm, linear-oblong, acute, glabrous; outer smaller. Bisexual corolla 6 mm long; lobes acute, glabrous; female corolla smaller. Achenes 1.5 mm long, ribbed, hairy.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-April
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shady places in forests
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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:
-1500
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Localities:
Anakuthivayal
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