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Elephantopus scaber Auct. non L.

Synonym: Elephantopus mollis Kunth
Elephantopus scaber Auct. non L.
Elephantopus scaber Auct. non L.
Elephantopus scaber Auct. non L.
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🗒 Synonyms
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🗒 Common Names
Bengali
  • হস্তী পাদ Hasti Pada
English
  • Prickly leaved elephant's foot
Hindi
  • अधोमुख Adhomukha
  • गोभी Gobhi
  • बन तम्बाखू Ban-tambakhu
Kannada
  • ಆನೆಕಾಲು ಗಿಡ Aanekaalu Gida
  • ಹಸ್ತಿ ಪಾದ Hasti Pada
Konkani
  • Hakkarike
Malayalam
  • Aanachuvadi
  • Aanayadi
  • Aanayadiyan
  • Koonjirikka
  • Ottaveran
  • Thomunji
Marathi
  • पातरी Or पाथरी Pathari
  • हस्तीपात Hastipata
Oriya
  • Mayurachula
Other
  • Aanayadiyan
  • Anashovadi
  • Elephant Foot
  • False Tobacco
  • Koonjilikka
  • Prickly-leaved Elephant’s Foot
  • सहस्त्र बुटि Sahasra Buti
Sanskrit
  • अधपातः Adhapata
  • खरपर्णिनी Kharaparnini
  • गोजिह्वा Gojihva Or गोजिव्हा Gojivha
  • प्रस्तरिणी Prastarini
Tamil
  • யானைச்சுவடி Yanai-c-cuvati
Telugu
  • ఎద్దుపట్టు Eddupattu
Urdu
  • گوبهی Gobhi
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Brief
Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Herb
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
Contributors 
D. Narasimhan
Status UNDER_CREATION
Licenses CC_BY
References 
    Diagnostic Keys
    Description
    Scapigerous herbs; whole plant scabrous. Leaves radical, rossetted at base, 6-18 x 2-5 cm, obovate to oblong or oblanceolate, base attenuate, margin crenate, apex obtuse or broadly acute, strigose above; cauline leaves small, narrow, sessile, base amplexicaule. Heads, homogamous, non-rayed, sessile, aggregated in dense, stalked glomerules, substened by 3 ovate, reduced leaves. Involucral bracts 2-seriate, scarious. Flowers 2-5, bisexual. Corolla purple; tube 5-6 mm long, lobes 5. Stamens 5, auricled at base. Ovary 3 -4 mm, oblong; style arms subulate. Achenes 4-5 mm long, 10-ribbed. Pappus of 4-6 spiny bristles, c. 5 mm long.
    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
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY
    References 
      Habit: 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
      Contributors 
      Status UNDER_CREATION
      Licenses CC_BY
      References 
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        📚 Natural History
        Cyclicity
        Flowering and fruiting: October-January
        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
        Contributors 
        Status UNDER_CREATION
        Licenses CC_BY
        References 
          Miscellaneous Details
          Notes: Plains to Mid Altitude, Dry Deciduous to Moist Deciduous
          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
          Contributors 
          Status UNDER_CREATION
          Licenses CC_BY
          References 
            No Data
            📚 Habitat and Distribution
            General Habitat
            Moist deciduous forests, also 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
            Contributors 
            Status UNDER_CREATION
            Licenses CC_BY
            References 
              Description
              Global Distribution

              Pantropical

              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
              Contributors 
              Status UNDER_CREATION
              Licenses CC_BY
              References 
                Maharashtra: Kolhapur, Nasik, Pune, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Satara,Thane Karnataka: Belgaum, Chikmagalur, Coorg, Dharwar, Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara, Shimoga, S. Kanara Kerala: All districts Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Dharmapuri, Kanniyakumari, Nilgiri, Theni, Tirunelveli
                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
                Contributors 
                Status UNDER_CREATION
                Licenses CC_BY
                References 
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                  📚 Occurrence
                  No Data
                  📚 Uses and Management
                  Uses
                  Medicinal
                  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
                  Contributors 
                  Status UNDER_CREATION
                  Licenses CC_BY
                  References 
                    No Data
                    📚 Information Listing
                    References
                    1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987; Fischer 1921
                    1. Elephantopus scaber L., Sp. Pl. 814. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 242. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 676(476). 1921; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 149. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 229. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 212. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 249. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 213. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 370. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 252. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 260. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 188. 1995; Uniyal in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 333. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 9, 15; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 249. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 176. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 370. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 200. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 169. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 375. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 281. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 382. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 470. 2009.
                    Information Listing > References
                    1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987; Fischer 1921
                    2. Elephantopus scaber L., Sp. Pl. 814. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 242. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 676(476). 1921; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 149. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 229. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 212. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 249. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 213. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 370. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 252. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 260. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 188. 1995; Uniyal in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 333. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 9, 15; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 249. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 176. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 370. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 200. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 169. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 375. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 281. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 382. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 470. 2009.

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                    📚 Meta data
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                    🐾 Taxonomy
                    RootRoot
                    KingdomPlantae
                    PhylumTracheophyta
                    ClassMagnoliopsida
                    OrderAsterales
                    FamilyAsteraceae
                    GenusElephantopus
                    SpeciesElephantopus mollis Kunth
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