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Vernonia bourneana
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Vernonia bourneana W. W. Smith, Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. 6: 101. 1914; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 675(475). 1921; Uniyal in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 364. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 35. 1996; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 41. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 173. 1999; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 484. 2009.
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Description:
Undershrubs to shrubs; branches grey wooly-tomentose. Leaves to 14 x 4 cm, lanceolate, apex acute, base cuneate, subentire, soft golden tomentose below, glabrous above. Cymes to 15 x 15 cm, terminal, corymbose. Heads 9 x 5 mm, peduncled. Flowers to 12, similar; corolla 5-6 mm long, lobes oblong, recurved. Achenes 2.5 mm long, 4-angled, glandular; pappus dull yellow.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-May
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District(s):
Idukki, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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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):
Violet, 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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Pothumala, Kanthaloor forests
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