Blumea oxyodonta
Blumea oxyodonta
MH107 : Blumea oxyodonta DC.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 247 |
| Synonym | : | Blumea bovina Edgew.; Blumea subracemosa (Miq.) Boerl.; Conyza bovina Buch.-Ham. ex DC.; Conyza oxyodonta Wall. ex DC.; Conyza subracemosa Miq.; Erigeron cuspidatus Spreng. ex DC. [Illegitimate]; Erigeron graminosus DC.; Placus oxyodonta (DC.) Kuntze; Placus subracemosa (Miq.) Kuntze; |
| Plant Common Name | : | spiny leaved blumea, |
| Plant Family | : | Asteraceae / Compositae |
| Description | : | Perennials, with short taproot. Stems usually numerous, prostrate or ascending, 15-30(-40) cm, finely pubescent. Leaves ± sessile, elliptic to obovate, 1-5 × 0.5-1.5 cm, both surfaces sparsely to densely villous and stipitate glandular, base cuneate, margin with a few sharp subspinose teeth, apex acute. Capitula few in terminal and axillary panicles. Involucre ca. 4-seriate; phyllaries lanceolate to linear, 2-6 mm, with long eglandular hairs and some stalked glands. Receptacle glabrous. Corollas yellow, ca. 4 mm; lobes of marginal florets with few eglandular hairs, lobes of central florets with dense minute glandular pubescence and some long eglandular hairs. Anthers white, unribbed, ca. 0.6 mm. Pappus white, 3-4 mm. Fl. Mar-Jul. 2n = 18. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Frequent in low lying areas in fields, drying ponds, along road sides and moist shaded spots |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200023564 |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Asteridae |
| Order | : Asterales |
| Family | : Asteraceae / Compositae - Aster family |
| Genus | : Blumea DC. - false family |
| Species | : Blumea oxyodonta |