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Artemisia nilagirica
(Clarke)
Pamp.
Synonym
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Artemisia nilagirica
f.nilagirica
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Family
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Compositae
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Local name
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English- Flea bane , Indian wormwood, Mugwort
Malayalam-
Karpoora-thulasi,
Velipathiri
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Flowering
and fruiting period
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May -
December
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Distribution
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India and South West China
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Distribution
in kerala
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Kottayam,
idukki, Kollam, Thiruvananthapuram,
Malappuram,
Palakkad, Kannur, wayanad
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Habitat
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Along forest margins
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Uses
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A weak
decoction is used in fermentation used in skin dieases and ulcers.
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Key botanical characters:
Perennial fragrant shrubs; stems terete, puberulus. Leaves oblong, acute;
upper ones entire. Panicle axillary and terminal, leafy. Heads 3-4 mm long,
globose; bracts 2.5 mm long, ovate-oblong, softly woolly, ciliate. Female
flowers many; corollalong, white, narrow. Bisexual flowers 4-6; corolla long,
broader, glabrous, connective of anthers mucronate. Achene long, oblong,
glabrous.
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