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Vernonia beddomei
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Vernonia beddomei Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 231. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 674(474). 1921; N.C. Nair & Mohanan, Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 3: 576. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 235. 1984; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 194. 1995; Uniyal in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 360. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 180. 1997; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 269. 1994.
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Description:
Scandent subshrubs with elongated slender, angular, glabrous branches. Leaves lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, base obtuse, distantly serrate, membranous, upper ones to 11 x 2 cm. Involucral bracts lanceolate, glabrous. Achenes hairy.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-January
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District(s):
Kollam, Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats (Kerala)
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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):
Red, Pink
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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:
Kerala
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IUCN status:
Endangered (EN)
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Rosemala, Kulathupuzha, Thenmalai, Choodal forests
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