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Blumea membranacea var. membranacea
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Blumea membranacea Wall. ex DC., Prodr. 5: 440. 1836, var. membranacea; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 265. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 687(483). 1921; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 227. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 209. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 151. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 244. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 210. 1989; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 190. 1995; S. Kumar in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 135. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 15, 21; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 247. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 364. 1997; Sasidh. & Anto in Manoharan et al., Silent Valley-Whispers Reason 137. 1999; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 279. 2005.
Blumea membranacea Wall. ex DC. var. gardneri Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 265. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 687(483). 1921.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Boothamkolli
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Erect, slender, annual herbs, to 50 cm tall; stem simple, shortly glandular-hairy. Leaves alternate, 2.5-10 x 0.3-2 cm, obovate-elliptic, acute, narrowed into a subalate petiole, subglabrous or thinly short-hairy, glandular. Heads few, in a lax, leafy panicle. Peduncles 0.5-2 cm long. Involucral bracts llinear, sharply acute, thinly hairy, 0.3-0.7 cm long. Corolla of disk-flowers 4-5 mm long; lobes glabrous or hairy with unicellular hairs and colleters. Achenes ribbed, papus white.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-May
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District(s):
Kottayam, Kasaragode, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kannur, Palakkad, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Along stream sides in deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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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:
-1800
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Localities:
Peechi, Kummattanthode, Damsite, Arampa, Ambayathode, Taliparamba, Ponmudi, Kasaragod, Ampumala, Ariankavu
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