Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Herb
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Blumea amplectens DC. |
| synonym | Blumea amplectens var. maritima C.B.Clarke ex Hook.f. |
| synonym | Blumea anagallidifolia DC. |
| synonym | Blumea arenaria DC. |
| synonym | Blumea obliqua var. arenaria (DC.) G.S.Giri & B.Mitra |
| synonym | Blumea obliqua var. maritima (Clarke ex Hook.f.) G.S.Giri & B.Mitra |
| synonym | Blumea obliqua var. obliqua |
| synonym | Blumea pubiflora DC. |
| synonym | Conyza obliqua Buch.-Ham. ex Willd. |
| synonym | Erigeron obliquus L. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Habit: Herb
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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Herbs, erect, dichotomously branched; stems branched, yellowish, 5-50 cm high, puberulous. Leaves elliptic oblong to lanceolate, apiculate, margins serrate dentate, base half amplexicaul to obtuse, 0.5-5 x 0.2-2 cm, scabrid to velutinous on both surfaces. Heads solitary, terminal and axillary, 6-10 mm in diam., long pedunculate. Involucral bracts linear-lanceolate, 1-8 mm long, hairy on dorsal surface, reflexed at maturity; outer ones apiculate; inner acuminate, often tinged with purple, margins scarious. Receptacle slightly convex, areolate, glabrous. Corolla of bisexual florets yellow, tubular, 4-5 mm long, 5-lobed; lobes acute, papillate, pubescent; corolla of female florets filiform, 3-4 mm long, 2-3 lobed, glabrous. Achenes dark brown, oblong, not ribbed, pubescent. Pappus yellowish white, 3-4 mm long.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Wastelands near sea coasts, Plains, Moist Localities
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Wastelands near sea coasts
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Description
Global Distribution
India, Pakistan, Myanmar and Sri Lanka
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Malappuram
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Karnataka: Belgaum, Chikmagalur,Dharwar, Hassan, N. Kanara
Kerala: Malapuram
Tamil Nadu: All districts
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine
System Of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=7145
| Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=7145 |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- Blumea amplectans DC. in Wight, Contrib. 13.1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 260. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 686(482). 1921.
- Erigeron obliqum L., Mant. Pl. 2: 573. 1771.
- Blumea pubiflora DC., Prodr. 5: 434. 1836.
- Blumea obliqua (L.) Druce, Bot. Exch. Club. Brit. Isles 4: 609. 1917; S. Kumar in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 137.1995 Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 365. 1997.
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=7145
Information Listing > References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- Blumea amplectans DC. in Wight, Contrib. 13.1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 260. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 686(482). 1921.
- Erigeron obliqum L., Mant. Pl. 2: 573. 1771.
- Blumea pubiflora DC., Prodr. 5: 434. 1836.
- Blumea obliqua (L.) Druce, Bot. Exch. Club. Brit. Isles 4: 609. 1917; S. Kumar in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 137.1995 Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 365. 1997.
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=7145
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Asterales |
| Family | Asteraceae |
| Genus | Blumea |
| Species | Blumea obliqua (L.) Druce |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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