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Yazdy Palia

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Nov 15, 2010, 9:34:47 AM11/15/10

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Dear Friends,
Could someone identify this herb/shrub (not sure) please?
Date & Time 15/11/10
Location: Place, Altitude, GPS Chethalayam, Wayanad.
Habitat: Garden, Urban, Wild Type: Wild
Plant Habit: Tree, Shrub, Climber, Herb Herb
Height, Length. 2.5’
Leaves Type, Shape, Size
Inflorescence Type Size
Flowers Size Colour Calyx Bracts-
Fruits Type, Shape, Size Seeds
Other Information like Frangrance, Pollinator, Uses.
Regards
Yazdy.

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Selvalakshmi Selvaraj

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Nov 15, 2010, 9:39:48 AM11/15/10

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Ageratum conyzoides- Asteraceae

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Selvalakshmi S.
Doctoral Scholar,
Bharathiar University,
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.

Dinesh Valke

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Nov 15, 2010, 9:51:03 AM11/15/10

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... possibly Chromolaena odorata (syn. Eupatorium odoratum) ... native of tropical America ... commonly known as: common floss flower, Siam weed, triffid weed • Hindi: बाग़ धोका bagh dhoka, तीव्र गंधा tivra gandha

Regards.

tanay bose

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Nov 15, 2010, 9:56:59 AM11/15/10

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Eupatorium odoratum grows a weed in our backyard in India

tanay

On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 6:51 AM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com> wrote:

... possibly Chromolaena odorata (syn. Eupatorium odoratum) ... native of tropical America ... commonly known as: common floss flower, Siam weed, triffid weed • Hindi: बाग़ धोका bagh dhoka, तीव्र गंधा tivra gandha

Regards.

On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 8:09 PM, Selvalakshmi Selvaraj <neva...@gmail.com> wrote:

Ageratum conyzoides- Asteraceae

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Doctoral Scholar,
Bharathiar University,
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.

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Tanay Bose

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Gurcharan Singh

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Nov 15, 2010, 10:19:41 AM11/15/10

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Yes

Now known as Chromolaena odorata as suggested by Dinesh ji

Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
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Pankaj Kumar

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Nov 15, 2010, 3:15:54 PM11/15/10

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Chromolaena odorata (L.) R.M.King & H.Rob. Phytologia xx. 204 (1970).
Basionym: Eupatorium odoratum L. Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1205. 1759

Type: Lectotype = "Eupatoria Conyzoides folio molli & incano,
capitulis magnis, Americana" in Plukenet, Phytographia, t. 177, f. 3,
1692
Typotype: Herb. Sloane 96: 25 (BM-SL)

Regards
Pankaj

On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 8:21 PM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> ... possibly Chromolaena odorata (syn. Eupatorium odoratum) ... native of
> tropical America ... commonly known as: common floss flower, Siam weed,

> triffid weed • Hindi: बाग़ धोका bagh dhoka, तीव्र गंधा tivra gandha

>
> Regards.
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 8:09 PM, Selvalakshmi Selvaraj <neva...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Ageratum conyzoides- Asteraceae
>>
>>
>> --
>> Selvalakshmi S.
>> Doctoral Scholar,
>> Bharathiar University,
>> Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
>>
>
>

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Department of Habitat Ecology
Wildlife Institute of India
Post Box # 18
Dehradun - 248001, India

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Pankaj Kumar

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Nov 15, 2010, 3:17:27 PM11/15/10

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the attached picture is not a type. Infact type again goes back to
references 60 years before Species Plantarum.

Regards
Pankaj

On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 8:21 PM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com> wrote:

> ... possibly Chromolaena odorata (syn. Eupatorium odoratum) ... native of
> tropical America ... commonly known as: common floss flower, Siam weed,

> triffid weed • Hindi: बाग़ धोका bagh dhoka, तीव्र गंधा tivra gandha

>
> Regards.
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 8:09 PM, Selvalakshmi Selvaraj <neva...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Ageratum conyzoides- Asteraceae
>>
>>
>> --
>> Selvalakshmi S.
>> Doctoral Scholar,
>> Bharathiar University,
>> Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
>>
>
>

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Selvalakshmi Selvaraj

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Nov 15, 2010, 9:51:10 PM11/15/10

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oh sorry this is Chromolaena odorata .

Mahadeswara

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Nov 16, 2010, 6:00:36 AM11/16/10

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I am also for Chromolaena odorata as suggested by Dinesh ji

On Nov 16, 7:51 am, Selvalakshmi Selvaraj <nevath...@gmail.com> wrote:
> oh sorry this is *Chromolaena odorata* .

VISHNU R

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Nov 16, 2010, 6:01:59 AM11/16/10

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it is Chromolina odorata

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