Blumea belangeriana DC.

 
  • Family : ASTERACEAE
    (Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Compositae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Blumea belangeriana DC.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Venappacha (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Comments / notes : Shaded places along stream beds and forests margins
  • Key identification features : Annual hairy herb; Leaves obovate, with toothed margins; Flowers yellow, composite heads.
  • Flower, Fruit : November-April
  • Collector(s) Name : T.P.Ramamoorthy, K.N.Gandhi
  • Collection Nos : HFP 2646
  • Collection Locality : Panorama point, Shiradi Ghat (Hassan)
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Udupi district
    • Kerala : Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Maharashtra : Thane district
  • Native : India
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Udupi
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Blumea belangeriana. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.

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