MH360 : Centratherum phyllolaenum (DC.) Benth. ex Hook.f. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : |
24 |
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| Class |
: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Order |
: Asterales |
| Family |
: Asteraceae / Compositae - Aster family |
| Genus |
: Centratherum Cass. - centratherum |
| Species |
: Centratherum phyllolaenum |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : |
Bhimkund Chikhaldara |
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| Plant Category : |
Herbs |
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| Plant's Current Status : |
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| Plant Family : |
Asteraceae |
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| Plant Common Name : |
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| Synonym : |
Phyllocephalum scabridum (DC.) K. Kirkman.
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| Description : |
Herbs, up to 1 m high, variable; stems ridged, glabrous or pubescent. Leaves elliptic, acute or acuminate, serrate, upto 15 x 6 cm, scattered hairy on the upper surface, white tomentose beneath, petioled. Heads solitary, axillary and terminal; peduncle up to 9.5 cm long. Outer involucral bracts up to 4 cm long, white felted beneath; intermediate variable, tip often green and recurved, mucronate; inner purple tinged, ca 8.5 mm long, scarious. Achenes ca 3 mm long, glabrous, strongly 10-ribbed. Pappus hairs usually reddish, equalling the corolla tube. Fl. & Fr. Sept.- Nov. |
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| Reference : |
~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Additions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants)"; The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat (1998); Technical Bulletin No. VII PMID :
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