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Bidens pilosa L.

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Bidens pilosa L.
Bidens pilosa L.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymBidens abadiae DC.
synonymBidens abadiae var. pilosoides Sherff
synonymBidens abadiae var. typica Sherff
synonymBidens abortiva Schumach. & Thonn.
synonymBidens adhaerescens Vell.
synonymBidens africana Klatt
synonymBidens alausensis Kunth
synonymBidens alba (L.) DC.
synonymBidens alba var. radiata (Sch.Bip.) Ballard ex Melchert
synonymBidens arenaria Gand.
synonymBidens arenicola Gand.
synonymBidens aurantiaca Colenso
synonymBidens barrancae M.E.Jones
synonymBidens bimucronata Turcz.
synonymBidens bonplandii Sch.Bip.
synonymBidens brachycarpa DC.
synonymBidens bullata var. glabrescens Fiori
synonymBidens bullata var. hirta (Jord.) Coste
synonymBidens calcicola Greenm.
synonymBidens californica DC.
synonymBidens cannabina Lam.
synonymBidens caracasana DC.
synonymBidens caucalidea DC.
synonymBidens cernua var. anomala Farw.
synonymBidens cernua var. tenuis Turcz. ex DC.
synonymBidens chilensis DC.
synonymBidens chilensis var. apiifolia DC.
synonymBidens ciliata Hoffmanns. ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
synonymBidens coronata Fisch. ex Colla
synonymBidens daucifolia DC.
synonymBidens deamii Sherff
synonymBidens decussata Pav. ex DC.
synonymBidens dichotoma Desf. ex DC.
synonymBidens effusa Thuill. ex Sherff
synonymBidens exaristata DC.
synonymBidens fastigiata var. hispida Jord. ex Cariot & St.Lag.
synonymBidens heterodoxa var. orthodoxa Fernald
synonymBidens hirsuta Nutt.
synonymBidens hirta Jord.
synonymBidens hispida Kunth
synonymBidens hybrida Thuill.
synonymBidens inermis S.Watson
synonymBidens leucantha (L.) Willd.
synonymBidens leucantha var. pilosa (L.) Griseb.
synonymBidens leucantha var. sundaica (Blume) Hassk.
synonymBidens leucanthema f. discoidea Sch.Bip.
synonymBidens leucanthema var. pilosa (L.) Griseb.
synonymBidens leucanthema var. sundaica (Blume) Hassk.
synonymBidens leucorrhiza (Lour.) DC.
synonymBidens minor (Wimm. & Grab.) Vorosch.
synonymBidens minuscula H.Lév. & Vaniot
synonymBidens montaubani Phil.
synonymBidens multifida var. mutica DC.
synonymBidens odorata Cav.
synonymBidens odorata var. calcicola (Greenm.) Ballard ex Melchert
synonymBidens odorata var. oaxacensis Ballard
synonymBidens orendainae M.E.Jones
synonymBidens orientalis Velen. ex Bornm.
synonymBidens oxyodonta DC.
synonymBidens paleacea Vis.
synonymBidens pilosa f. dissecta Sherff
synonymBidens pilosa f. indivisa Kayama
synonymBidens pilosa f. monophylla (Urb.) Sherff
synonymBidens pilosa f. odorata (Cav.) Sherff
synonymBidens pilosa f. pilosior Kuntze
synonymBidens pilosa f. pinnata Kuntze
synonymBidens pilosa f. simplex Sherff
synonymBidens pilosa f. subbiternata Kuntze
synonymBidens pilosa f. subsimplicifolia Kuntze
synonymBidens pilosa f. ternata Kuntze
synonymBidens pilosa f. triaristata Sherff
synonymBidens pilosa f. umbrosa Sherff
synonymBidens pilosa minor (Blume) Sherff
synonymBidens pilosa var. albiflora Maxim.
synonymBidens pilosa var. albus (L.) O.E.Schulz
synonymBidens pilosa var. bimucronata (Turcz.) O.E.Schulz
synonymBidens pilosa var. brachycarpa (DC.) O.E.Schulz
synonymBidens pilosa var. brevifoliata Hieron.
synonymBidens pilosa var. calcicola (Greenm.) Scherff
synonymBidens pilosa var. chinensis L.
synonymBidens pilosa var. discoidea (Sch.Bip. ex Webb & Berthelot) J.A.Schmidt
synonymBidens pilosa var. dubia (Cass.) O.E.Schulz
synonymBidens pilosa var. humilis (Walp.) Walp. ex Reiche
synonymBidens pilosa var. leucantha (L.) Harv.
synonymBidens pilosa var. radiata (Sch.Bip.) J.A.Schmidt
synonymBidens pilosa var. typica Domin
synonymBidens pinnata Noronha
synonymBidens ramosissima Sherff
synonymBidens reflexa Link
synonymBidens rosea Sch.Bip.
synonymBidens rosea var. calcicola Greenm.
synonymBidens scandicina Kunth
synonymBidens striata Schott ex Sweet
synonymBidens sundaica Blume
synonymBidens sundaica var. minor Blume
synonymBidens taquetii H.Lév. & Vaniot
synonymBidens trifida Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.
synonymBidens trifoliata Norona
synonymBidens tripartita Bojer
synonymBidens tripartita var. cannabina (Lam.) Beckh.
synonymBidens tripartita var. discoidea Wimm.
synonymBidens tripartita var. hirta (Jord.) Sherff
synonymBidens tripartita var. hispida Cariot & St.-Lag.
synonymBidens tripartita var. indivisa Corb.
synonymBidens tripartita var. integra Peterm.
synonymBidens tripartita var. integrifolia Wirtg.
synonymBidens tripartita var. latifolia Rouy
synonymBidens tripartita var. minima Lej.
synonymBidens tripartita var. minor Wimm. & Grab.
synonymBidens tripartita var. orientalis (Velen.) Sherff
synonymBidens tripartita var. pumila Retz.
synonymBidens tripartita var. radiata Wimm.
synonymBidens tripartita var. tenuis (Turcz. ex DC.) DC.
synonymBidens valparadisiaca Colla
synonymBidens viciosoi Pau
synonymBidens wallichii var. albiflora Max. ex Matsum.
synonymCeratocephalus pilosus Rich. ex Cass.
synonymCoreopsis alba L.
synonymCoreopsis coronata L.
synonymCoreopsis corymbifolia Buch.-Ham. ex DC.
synonymCoreopsis ferulifolia var. odoratissima (Cav. ex Pers.) Pers.
synonymCoreopsis leucantha L.
synonymCoreopsis leucanthema L.
synonymCoreopsis leucorrhiza Lour.
synonymCoreopsis multifida DC.
synonymCoreopsis multifida var. mutica DC.
synonymCoreopsis odorata Lam.
synonymCoreopsis odoratissima Cav. ex Pers.
synonymCosmea pilosa Spreng.
synonymCosmea tenella Spreng.
synonymCosmos pilosus Kunth
synonymCosmos pinnatus Jacq. ex Steud.
synonymCosmos tenellus Kunth
synonymGlossogyne chinensis Less.
synonymKerneria dubia Cass.
synonymKerneria leucantha Cass.
synonymKerneria pilosa (L.) Lowe
synonymKerneria pilosa var. discoidea (Sch.Bip. ex Sch.Bip.) Lowe
synonymKerneria pilosa var. radiata (Sch.Bip.) Lowe
synonymKerneria tetragona Moench
🗒 Common Names
Irula
  • Kothimullu
  • Paimullu
Mishing
  • Nat bar
Other
  • Beggar's Tick
  • Beggar Tick
  • Broom Stick
  • Broom Stuff
  • Cobbler's Pegs
  • Devil's Needles
  • Kothi Mullu
  • Ottumullu
  • Paimullu
  • Phutium (Gujarati)
  • Selai Kuthi Mullu
  • Spanish Needle
Tamil
  • Mukkuthi
bodo
  • Deumeubai
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Diagnostic Keys
Description
Habit: A erect or prostrate herb, upto 50cm.
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    📚 Natural History
    Cyclicity
    Flowering & fruiting in cold season
    Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
    Attributions Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
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      Morphology

      Growth Form

      Herb
      Herb
      Flower

      In solitary or paired capitula; yellow. Flowering from October-April.

      Fruit

      A linear achene, black, ending with awns. Fruiting December onwards.

      Field tips

      Branchlets striate.

      Leaf Arrangement

      Opposite

      Leaf Type

      3-foliolate

      Leaf Shape

      Obovate-lanceolate

      Leaf Apex

      Acuminate

      Leaf Base

      Rounded-acute

      Leaf Margin

      Crenate-serrate

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        An annual herb with long sessile leaves , leaves are often hairy. Heads occur on terminal or axillary in long elongated peduncle from the main stem. Flowering & fruiting in cold season. Generally grows on open areas, partially shade places.
        Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
        Attributions Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
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          📚 Habitat and Distribution
          General Habitat
          Gregarious weed of fallow lands, aggressive colonizer. Hills above 800m.
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            Description
            Found along the roadsides, forest paths and disturbed lands from 400-1000m. Common. Pantropics.
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              Global Distribution

              India: Assam, Meghalaya Manipur

              Local Distribution

              Barak Valley

              Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
              Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                📚 Occurrence
                No Data
                📚 Uses and Management
                Uses

                System of Medicines Used In

                Folk medicine
                Folk medicine
                Traditional chinese medicine
                Traditional chinese medicine
                A gregarious weed of fallow fields. The achene adhere to the clothes with the help of retrorsely barbellate awn.
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                  System Of Medicines Used In

                  Folk medicine, Traditional chinese medicine

                  FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=5087
                  Attributions FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=5087
                  Contributors 
                  Status UNDER_CREATION
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                    Young leaves & shoots are used as vegetable by Mishing & Bodos.
                    Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
                    Attributions Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
                    Contributors 
                    Status UNDER_CREATION
                    Licenses CC_BY
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                      📚 Information Listing
                      References
                      1. 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=5087
                      Information Listing > References
                      1. 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=5087

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                      📚 Meta data
                      No Data
                      🐾 Taxonomy
                      RootRoot
                      KingdomPlantae
                      PhylumTracheophyta
                      ClassMagnoliopsida
                      OrderAsterales
                      FamilyAsteraceae
                      GenusBidens
                      SpeciesBidens pilosa L.
                      📊 Temporal Distribution
                      📷 Related Observations
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