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Artemisia japonicaThunb.
Synonyms
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Artemisia japonica f. japonica
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Family
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Asteraceae/Compositae
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Local Name
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Malayalam – Pachakarpooram
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Flowering and Fruiting Period
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July-December
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Distribution
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India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Afghanistan and
Japan
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Distribution in Kerala
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Idukki
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Habitat
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Grasslands
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Uses
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Used in religious concepts pain relief,
treatment of fever and used as a
diuretic agent
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Key Botanical Characters:
Annuals or perennials, 1.5 m high; stems terete. Leaves
cuneate at base, 5 x 3 cm, usually clustered. Heads 3 x 3 mm, globose, in
terminal narrow leafy panicles; bracts 2-3 mm long, ovate, obtuse. Inner few
flowers bisexual; corolla 2 mm long, tubular; lobes acute; anthers obtuse at
base. Achenes 1 mm long, ellipsoid, faintly striate; yellowish brown.
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