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Vernonia elliptica
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Vernonia elliptica DC. in Wight, Contrib. 5. 1834; Uniyal in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 370. 1995.
Vernonia elaeagnifolia DC., Prodr. 5: 22. 1836; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 149. 1982; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 395. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Curtain-chedi
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Curtain plant
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Description:
Shrubs, climbing; branches pendulous. Leaves oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, acute or obtuse, entire, upto 4 x 1.5 cm, glabrous and dotted above, appressedly silky beneath, shortly petioled. Heads aggregated in axillary or terminal corymbs, ca 3 mm across. Involucral bracts scarious to herbaceous; outer ovate-obovate, ca 1 mm long, pubescent without; inner ca 3 mm long, obtuse, thinly ciliate on margins. Achenes ca 2 mm long, glabrous, 5-8-ribbed. Pappus hairs white; outer few.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-April
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as garden plant
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Distribution:
India, Myanmar and Thailand
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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):
Pink, Violet
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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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:
Vallikkunnam
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