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Eriocaulon
setaceum L.
Synonym
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Eriocaulon bifistulosum
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Family
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Eriocaulaceae
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Flowering and fruiting period
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July-November
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Distribution
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Peninsular India
and Sri Lanka
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Distribution
in Kerala
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Alappuzha,
Kasaragode, Kollam, Malappuram, Thrissur, Kozhikode, Palakkad, Wayanad
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Habitat
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Paddy fields
and ponds
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Uses
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Folk
medicine, Used as an aquarium plant
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Key Botanical
Characters:
Caulescent
herbs; Leaves cauline, filiform. Peduncle many ,from the apex of the stem up to
15 cm long; Heads ovoid/hemispherical, black or grey. Involucral bracts obovate
,obtuse glabarous, straw coloured. Male Flowers: sepals 3, connate in to spathe, glabarous, black or straw coloured. Petals 3 ,minute, glabarous,without any
black gland. Female flowers: Sepals 3 free, subequal, oblong black or straw
coloured. Petals 3 subequal, spathulate. Seeds oblong-ellipsoid; cells of seed
coat transversly elongated; appendages 3-8 from the transverse radial walls, setiform, with mucilaginous coating above the appendages.
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