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Vernonia fysonii
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Vernonia fysonii Calder, Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. 6: 343. 1914; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 673(474). 1921; Uniyal in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 371. 1995.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kaliyamman-pathiri
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Subscandent subshrub; branchlets whitish. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, to 7.5 x 2 cm, chartaceous, white-tomentose below, base attenuate, margin minutely serrate, apex acuminate; petiole 1.5 cm. Panicles terminal or in upper axils, 8 cm wide; peduncle 5(7) cm. Capitula c. 15-flowered, elongate, 6 mm wide; stalk 1 cm; bracts ovate, purple-tipped. Receptacle 2 mm wide. Involucre tubular, 7 mm. Phyllaries c. 5-seriate, 5 mm; outer ovate, inner lanceolate. Pappus 2-3 seriate, 7 mm. Corolla purple; tube 5 mm; lobes 5, lanceolate, 3 mm, recurved. Stamens 5, half-exserted. Style 9 mm; arms 3 mm. Achenes 10-ribbed.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-March
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District(s):
Idukki
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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):
Purple
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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:
Kanthaloor forests
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