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Grangea maderaspatana (L.)Poir.
Synonym
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Artemisia maderaspatana
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Family
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Compositae
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Local name
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Malayalam - Nelampala
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Flowering and fruiting period
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March-July
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Distribution
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Indo-Malesia and Africa
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Distribution in Kerala
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All Districts
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Habitat
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Marshy areas, bunds of fields and sandy
river beds
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IUCN Status
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Least Concerned
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Uses
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Root: diuretic, anthelmintic and stimulant. Leaves:
stomachic, deobstruent, antispasmodic, antiseptic and anodyne.
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Key Botanical Characters:
Prostrate herbs, densely hispid. Leaves alternate, oblanceolate, irregularly pinnate-lobed, base auricled, sessile.
Heads globose, axillary, solitary, pedunculate; bracts 2-3
seriate; oblong, obtuse, hairy; receptacle convex, naked. Outer
few rows of flowers female; corolla slender, tubular, yellow.
Inner flowers bisexual; corolla campanulate, 5-lobed; anthers
obtuse at base. Achenes obovate, compressed, hispid along margins; pappus a
fimbriate crown.
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