Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Herb
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Conyza kotschyi (Sch.Bip. ex Schweinf. & Asch.) Sch.Bip. ex Schweinf. |
| synonym | Doronicum calcaratum Roxb. |
| synonym | Erigeron linearis Spreng. ex DC. |
| synonym | Erigeron sanguineus Parsa |
| synonym | Inula indica L. |
| synonym | Inula leptoclada Webb |
| synonym | Inulaster kotschyi Sch.Bip. ex Hochst. |
| synonym | Varthemia kotschyi Sch.Bip. ex Schweinf. & Asch. |
| synonym | Vicoa auriculata Cass. |
| synonym | Vicoa indica (L.) DC. |
| synonym | Vicoa leptoclada (Webb) Dandy |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Annual herbs. Leaves alternate, 7-12 x 2-3.5 cm, elliptic ovate, acuminate at apex, attenuate at base, margins serrate, hairy above and on nerves below, white cottony between the prominently reticulated veins below; upper leaves sessile to slightly petioled, lower ones long petioled. Heads in terminal and axillary corymbs, 1.5-2 cm diam. Involucre bracts many-seriate; outer ones leafy, shorter, 0.5-0.7 x 0.3-0.4 cm, moniliform hairy without, mucronate at tip; inner ones scarious at base, leafy above, 0.8-1 x 0.2-0.3 cm long, lanceolate, innermost ones scarious. Flowers homogamous, not rayed. Corolla campanulate, purple; tube slender, 0.5-0.6 cm long, widened at mouth; style-arms subulate, hairy at tip. Achenes 0.1-0.2 cm long, 8-10-ribbed; pappus yellow, barbellate hairs, 0.25-0.3 cm 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 |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Degraded forests, also in the plains
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 |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Description
Global Distribution
India, China, Thailand and West Africa
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts
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 |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
Pentanema indicum flowers are used in decoration during the Pongal festival in Tamil Nadu.
Rams via observation record - http://indiabiodiversity.org/observation/show/361489
| Attributions | Rams via observation record - http://indiabiodiversity.org/observation/show/361489 |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- Inula indica L., Sp. Pl. (ed. 2) 1236. 1763.
- Pentanema indicum (L.) Ling, Acta Phyt. Sin. 10: 179. 1965; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 219. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 377. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 258. 1990; S. Kumar in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 28.1995; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 373. 1997; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 476. 2009.
- Vicoa auriculata Cass., Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. ser. 1, 17: 418. 1829; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 297. 1881.
- Vicoa indica (L.) DC. in Wight, Contrib. 10. 1834; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 701(493). 1921; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 152. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 236. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 162. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 258. 1988; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 271. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 194. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 256. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 182. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 214. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 174. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 174. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 397. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 291. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 395. 2009.
Information Listing > References
- Inula indica L., Sp. Pl. (ed. 2) 1236. 1763.
- Pentanema indicum (L.) Ling, Acta Phyt. Sin. 10: 179. 1965; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 219. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 377. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 258. 1990; S. Kumar in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 28.1995; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 373. 1997; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 476. 2009.
- Vicoa auriculata Cass., Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. ser. 1, 17: 418. 1829; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 297. 1881.
- Vicoa indica (L.) DC. in Wight, Contrib. 10. 1834; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 701(493). 1921; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 152. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 236. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 162. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 258. 1988; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 271. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 194. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 256. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 182. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 214. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 174. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 174. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 397. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 291. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 395. 2009.
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Asterales |
| Family | Asteraceae |
| Genus | Pentanema |
| Species | Pentanema indicum (L.) |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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