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Acanthospermum hispidum DC.

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Acanthospermum hispidum DC.
Acanthospermum hispidum DC.
Acanthospermum hispidum DC.
Acanthospermum hispidum DC.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymAcanthospermum humile var. hispidum (DC.) Kuntze
🗒 Common Names
English
  • Horn spine
Irula
  • Ganthimul
Kannada
  • Kadle Mullu
Malayalam
  • Musumusu
  • Njeringil
Marathi
  • 'landaga' 'लांडगा'
Oriya
  • Kantagokhru
Other
  • Bristly Starbur
  • Goathead
  • Goat's Head
  • Hispid Starburr
  • Kanthi Mul
  • Starburr
  • Texas Cockspur
Tamil
  • Kombumul
  • Mullichedi
  • Mullu Chedi
Telugu
  • Palleru
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Brief
Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Herb Distribution notes: Exotic
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
    Erect, densely hispid herbs. Leaves 2-4 x 1-2 cm, ovate, apex acute, entire. Heads 4-5 mm long, axillary, sessile; receptacle paleate; bracts 1-seriate, 5 mm long. Outer row of flowers female, ligulate, yellow, 3-lobed at apex. Inner flowers bisexual; corolla 2 mm long, tubular, 5-toothed at apex, yellow. Achenes 5 x 3 mm, obovate, with two diverging long spines at apex, compressed; pappus absent.
    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: A small hispid herb, upto 75cm.
      Keystone Foundation
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      Contributors 
      Status UNDER_CREATION
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      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
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        References 
          No Data
          📚 Natural History
          Cyclicity
          Flowering and fruiting: January-June
          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 
            Morphology
            Flower

            In axillary, solitary capitulum; disc florets yellow, ray florets creamy white. Flowering from January-June.

            Fruit

            A compressed achene, smooth, enclosed within echinate inner phyllaries. Fruiting throughout the year.

            Field tips

            Fruit with 2 spiny horns at apex.

            Leaf Arrangement

            Opposite

            Leaf Type

            Simple

            Leaf Shape

            Obovate-oblanceolate

            Leaf Apex

            Acute

            Leaf Base

            Cuneate-decurrent

            Leaf Margin

            Coarsely serrate

            Keystone Foundation
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            Contributors 
            Status UNDER_CREATION
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            References 
              Miscellaneous Details
              Notes: Plains to Low Altitude, Dry Localities, 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
              Contributors 
              Status UNDER_CREATION
              Licenses CC_BY
              References 
                No Data
                📚 Habitat and Distribution
                General Habitat
                A weed of fallow lands, also in degraded forest areas
                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 
                  A gregarious weed of wasteland, fallow field, aggressive colonizer. Plains from the coast to 1200m. Native of South America introduced into tropical and South Africa, India, Nepal, Hawaiian isles.
                  Keystone Foundation
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                  Contributors 
                  Status UNDER_CREATION
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                  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 
                      Found along roadsides and disturbed fallow fields from plains to 1000m. Common. Native of tropical America, widely naturalized in the old world tropics.
                      Keystone Foundation
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                      Contributors 
                      Status UNDER_CREATION
                      Licenses CC_BY
                      References 
                        Maharashtra: Common throughout Karnataka: Belgaum, Chikmagalur, Coorg, Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara, Shimoga, S. Kanara 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
                        Contributors 
                        Status UNDER_CREATION
                        Licenses CC_BY
                        References 
                          No Data
                          📚 Occurrence
                          No Data
                          📚 Uses and Management
                          Uses

                          System of Medicines Used In

                          Folk medicine
                          Folk medicine
                          System Of Medicines Used In

                          Folk medicine

                          FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=4615
                          Attributions FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=4615
                          Contributors 
                          Status UNDER_CREATION
                          Licenses CC_BY
                          References 
                            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 
                              Very aggressive colonizer on disturbed lands. It is used for the treatment of scorpion sting. The whole plant is used in medicinal preparations.
                              Keystone Foundation
                              Attributions Keystone Foundation
                              Contributors 
                              Status UNDER_CREATION
                              Licenses CC_BY
                              References 
                                No Data
                                📚 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=4615
                                1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
                                1. Acanthospermum hispidum DC., Prodr. 5: 522. 1836; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 704(495). 1921; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 151. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 224. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 207. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 240. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 207. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 357. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 247. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 251. 1994; H.J. Chowdhery in Hajra et al., Fl. India 12: 361. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 243. 1996; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 37. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 356. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 192. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 160. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 165. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 273. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 373. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 456. 2009.
                                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=4615
                                2. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
                                3. Acanthospermum hispidum DC., Prodr. 5: 522. 1836; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 704(495). 1921; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 151. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 224. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 207. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 240. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 207. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 357. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 247. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 251. 1994; H.J. Chowdhery in Hajra et al., Fl. India 12: 361. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 243. 1996; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 37. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 356. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 192. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 160. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 165. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 273. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 373. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 456. 2009.

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                                📚 Meta data
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                                🐾 Taxonomy
                                RootRoot
                                KingdomPlantae
                                PhylumTracheophyta
                                ClassMagnoliopsida
                                OrderAsterales
                                FamilyAsteraceae
                                GenusAcanthospermum
                                SpeciesAcanthospermum hispidum DC.
                                📊 Temporal Distribution
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