Eupatorium cannabinum L.

 
  • Family : ASTERACEAE
    (Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Compositae
  • Synonym(s) : Chone heterophylla Dulac; Cunigunda vulgaris Bubani; Eupatorium cannabifolium Salisb.; Eupatorium allaisii Sennen; Eupatorium argenteum Wall.; Eupatorium birmanicum DC.; Eupatorium cannabinum var. lanceolatum; Eupatorium cannabinum var. syriacum (Jacq.) Boiss.; Eupatorium cannabinum subsp. syriacum (Jacq.) Nyman; Eupatorium cannabis-folium Gilib.; Eupatorium caucasicum Steven; Eupatorium dicline Edgew.; Eupatorium finlaysonianum Wall.; Eupatorium hyrcanicum Steven; Eupatorium lambertianum Wall.; Eupatorium lemassonii Biau; Eupatorium longicaule Wall. ex DC.; Eupatorium ponticum Pall. ex Georgi; Eupatorium punduanum Wall. ex DC.; Eupatorium simonsii C.B.Clarke; Eupatorium suaveolens Wall.; Eupatorium syriacum Jacq.; Eupatorium trifidum Vahl; Eupatorium trifoliatum Steven; Eupatorium trifoliatum Lucé; Eupatorium variifolium Bartl.; Eupatorium viscosum Wall.; Mikania longicaulis Wall.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Eupatorium cannabinum L.
  • Common name : Hemp-agrimony, Holy rope
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Cultivated
  • Key identification features : Coarse, perennial herbs; Stems erect, sparsely branched, puberulous or pubescent; Leaves opposite or sometimes alternate, ovate-elliptic, elliptic-lanceolate, acute or cuneate at base, acute-acuminate, margins coarsely serrate, pubescent along the nerves beneath; Heads 5-flowered in dense terminal corymbs; Involucral bracts, 3-seriate, oblong-lanceolate, glabrous or pubescent, reddish; Florets purplish white; Achenes truncate, 5-ribbed, black; pappus filiform, rigid, white.
  • Flower, Fruit : September- December
  • Distribution :
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Rajasthan : Rajasthan
    • Mizoram : Champhai, Lushai hills
  • Native : Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Islands, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq,
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Islands, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Northwest European R, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Yugoslavia
  • Literature :
    • Shetty B.V. and Singh V., (1987). Flora of India Series 2 Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 1. Botanical survey of India, Govt. India. PP- 456
    • Singh, N. P., Singh, K. P., & Singh, D. K. (2002). Flora of Mizoram (Vol. 1). Botanical Survey of India. Pg. : 771
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Eupatorium cannabinum. Downloaded on 15 October 2024.

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