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Tridax procumbens L.

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Tridax procumbens L.
Tridax procumbens L.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymAmellus pedunculatus Ortega ex Willd.
synonymBalbisia canescens Rich.
synonymBalbisia divaricata Cass.
synonymBalbisia elongata Willd.
synonymBalbisia pedunculata Ortega ex Hoffmanns.
synonymChrysanthemum procumbens (L.) Sessé & Moc.
synonymTridax procumbens var. canescens (Rich. ex Pers.) DC.
synonymTridax procumbens var. ovatifolia B.L.Rob. ex B.L.Rob. & Greenm.
synonymTridax procumbens var. procumbens
🗒 Common Names
English
  • Coat-button
  • Coat Buttons
  • Mexican daisy
Hindi
  • Akal Kohadi
  • Khal-muriya
  • Tal-muriya
Irula
  • Mukuthi poo
  • Railpoo
Kannada
  • Gabbusanner savanthi
  • Sanna Gida
Malayalam
  • Kumminnippacha
  • Kurikootticheera
  • Muriyampachila
  • Odiyancheera
  • Railpoochedi
  • Sanipoovu
  • Thelkuthi
Other
  • Bhamburda
  • Coat Buttons
  • Dagdipala
  • Ekdandi
  • Kumminnipacha
  • Mexican Daisy
  • Mukuthipoo
  • Odiyancheera
  • Pathri
  • Tridax Daisy
  • Tun-tuni
  • Vettukkaaya-thazhai
  • Wild Daisy
Tamil
  • Kenathuppoondu
  • Seruppadithalai
  • Seruppadithazhai
  • Vettukkaaya-thalai
Telugu
  • Gaddichamanthi
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Brief
Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Herb Distribution notes: Exotic
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 
D. Narasimhan
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    Diagnostic Keys
    Description
    Procumbent herbs. Leaves 3-6 x 1.5-3 cm, ovate, apex acute, serrate, bulbous-based hairy; petiole 5-10 mm long. Heads 1.3 x 1.5 cm, solitary, on long peduncles; bracts in 3-series, lanceolate, hairy. Outer row of flowers ligulate, female, limb 3 x 2 mm, 3-toothed, white; inner flowers bisexual, tubular; corolla 6 mm long, 5-lobed at apex, yellow. Achenes 2 mm long, obovoid, densely hairy; pappus many, setaceous.
    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 
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      Habit: Straggling 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
      Contributors 
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        Habit: A slender, branched, low herb, upto 50cm.
        Keystone Foundation
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          No Data
          📚 Natural History
          Cyclicity
          Flowering and fruiting: Throughout the year
          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
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          References 
            Morphology

            Growth Form

            Herb
            Herb
            Flower

            In solitary or at the forks of dichotomy; cream to yellow. Flowering throughout the year.

            Fruit

            A turbinate achene, smooth or faintly ribbed. Fruiting throughout the year.

            Field tips

            Leaves simple, entire, rarely pinnatisect. Peduncle very long, strigose.

            Leaf Arrangement

            Opposite

            Leaf Type

            Simple

            Leaf Shape

            Lanceolate-ovate

            Leaf Apex

            Acute

            Leaf Base

            Acute

            Leaf Margin

            Coarsely serrate

            Keystone Foundation
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              Miscellaneous Details
              Notes: Plains to Low Altitude, Naturalized, Native of Tropical America
              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
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              References 
                Flowers attractive to butterflies and bees.
                Keystone Foundation
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                  📚 Habitat and Distribution
                  General Habitat
                  Deciduous forests, also waste lands 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
                  Contributors 
                  Status UNDER_CREATION
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                    Widespread and abundant weed especially where soil has been disturbed. Plains from the coast to 1000m. Native of central America , now widespread, throughout  tropical and subtropical regions of the world.
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                      Hilly areas
                      Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                      Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                      Contributors 
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                        Description
                        Maharashtra: Common throughout Karnataka: Coorg, Dharwar, Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara, Shimoga Kerala: All districts 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
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                          Global Distribution

                          Native of Tropical America; now widespread throughout tropics and subtropics

                          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
                          Contributors 
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                            Found in fallow fields, agricultural fields and disturbed wastelands from plains to 600m. Common. Native of Central America, now widely distributed throughout the tropics and subtropics.
                            Keystone Foundation
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                              Global Distribution

                              India: Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharastra, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Odisha, Rajasthan; America, Subtropical Countries

                              Local Distribution

                              Bongaigaon, Barak Valley, Kamrup, Eastern Assam

                              Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                              Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                                No Data
                                📚 Occurrence
                                No Data
                                📚 Uses and Management
                                Uses

                                System of Medicines Used In

                                Ayurveda
                                Ayurveda
                                Folk medicine
                                Folk medicine
                                Siddha
                                Siddha
                                Flowers attracts many butterflies and bees.
                                Keystone Foundation
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                                  System Of Medicines Used In

                                  Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Siddha

                                  FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2128
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                                    Folklore
                                    Indigenous Information: Children play with the flowers.
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                                      📚 Information Listing
                                      References
                                      1. Tridax procumbens L., Sp. Pl. 900. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 311. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 711(500). 1921; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 154. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 234. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 217. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 160. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 255. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 223. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 385. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 256. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 268. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 195. 1995; H.J. Chowdhery in Hajra et al., Fl. India 12: 418. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 255. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 179. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 381. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 210. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 172. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 172. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 289. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 393. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 482. 2009.
                                      1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
                                      1. 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=2128
                                      Information Listing > References
                                      1. Tridax procumbens L., Sp. Pl. 900. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 311. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 711(500). 1921; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 154. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 234. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 217. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 160. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 255. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 223. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 385. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 256. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 268. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 195. 1995; H.J. Chowdhery in Hajra et al., Fl. India 12: 418. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 255. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 179. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 381. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 210. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 172. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 172. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 289. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 393. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 482. 2009.
                                      2. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
                                      3. 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=2128

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                                      📚 Meta data
                                      No Data
                                      🐾 Taxonomy
                                      RootRoot
                                      KingdomPlantae
                                      PhylumTracheophyta
                                      ClassMagnoliopsida
                                      OrderAsterales
                                      FamilyAsteraceae
                                      GenusTridax
                                      SpeciesTridax procumbens L.
                                      📊 Temporal Distribution
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