Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Herb
Distribution notes: Exotic
Tridax procumbens L.
🗒 Synonyms
synonym | Amellus pedunculatus Ortega ex Willd. |
synonym | Balbisia canescens Rich. |
synonym | Balbisia divaricata Cass. |
synonym | Balbisia elongata Willd. |
synonym | Balbisia pedunculata Ortega ex Hoffmanns. |
synonym | Chrysanthemum procumbens (L.) Sessé & Moc. |
synonym | Tridax procumbens var. canescens (Rich. ex Pers.) DC. |
synonym | Tridax procumbens var. ovatifolia B.L.Rob. ex B.L.Rob. & Greenm. |
synonym | Tridax procumbens var. procumbens |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Habit: A slender, branched, low herb, upto 50cm.
Keystone Foundation
Attributions | Keystone Foundation |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Habit: Straggling Herb
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Procumbent herbs. Leaves 3-6 x 1.5-3 cm, ovate, apex acute, serrate, bulbous-based hairy; petiole 5-10 mm long. Heads 1.3 x 1.5 cm, solitary, on long peduncles; bracts in 3-series, lanceolate, hairy. Outer row of flowers ligulate, female, limb 3 x 2 mm, 3-toothed, white; inner flowers bisexual, tubular; corolla 6 mm long, 5-lobed at apex, yellow. Achenes 2 mm long, obovoid, densely hairy; pappus many, setaceous.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Morphology
Growth Form
Herb
Flower
In solitary or at the forks of dichotomy; cream to yellow. Flowering throughout the year.
Fruit
A turbinate achene, smooth or faintly ribbed. Fruiting throughout the year.
Field tips
Leaves simple, entire, rarely pinnatisect. Peduncle very long, strigose.
Leaf Arrangement
Opposite
Leaf Type
Simple
Leaf Shape
Lanceolate-ovate
Leaf Apex
Acute
Leaf Base
Acute
Leaf Margin
Coarsely serrate
Keystone Foundation
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Plains to Low Altitude, Naturalized, Native of Tropical America
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Flowers attractive to butterflies and bees.
Keystone Foundation
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Hilly areas
Deciduous forests, also waste lands in the plains
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Widespread and abundant weed especially where soil has been disturbed. Plains from the coast to 1000m. Native of central America , now widespread, throughout tropical and subtropical regions of the world.
Keystone Foundation
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Description
Global Distribution
India: Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharastra, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Odisha, Rajasthan; America, Subtropical Countries
Local Distribution
Bongaigaon, Barak Valley, Kamrup, Eastern Assam
Maharashtra: Common throughout
Karnataka: Coorg, Dharwar, Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara, Shimoga
Kerala: All districts
Tamil Nadu: All districts
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Global Distribution
Native of Tropical America; now widespread throughout tropics and subtropics
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Found in fallow fields, agricultural fields and disturbed wastelands from plains to 600m. Common. Native of Central America, now widely distributed throughout the tropics and subtropics.
Keystone Foundation
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda
Folk medicine
Siddha
System Of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Siddha
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2128
Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2128 |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Flowers attracts many butterflies and bees.
Keystone Foundation
Attributions | Keystone Foundation |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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No Data
📚 Information Listing
References
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2128
- Tridax procumbens L., Sp. Pl. 900. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 311. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 711(500). 1921; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 154. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 234. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 217. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 160. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 255. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 223. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 385. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 256. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 268. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 195. 1995; H.J. Chowdhery in Hajra et al., Fl. India 12: 418. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 255. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 179. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 381. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 210. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 172. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 172. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 289. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 393. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 482. 2009.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
Information Listing > References
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2128
- Tridax procumbens L., Sp. Pl. 900. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 311. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 711(500). 1921; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 154. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 234. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 217. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 160. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 255. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 223. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 385. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 256. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 268. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 195. 1995; H.J. Chowdhery in Hajra et al., Fl. India 12: 418. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 255. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 179. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 381. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 210. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 172. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 172. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 289. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 393. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 482. 2009.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Asterales |
Family | Asteraceae |
Genus | Tridax |
Species | Tridax procumbens L. |
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