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Pentanema indicum

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  • Botanical Name : Pentanema indicum (L.) Ling
  • Synonyms : Vicoa indica (L.) DC.
  • Common Name : Sonkadi
  • Plant Family : Asteraceae (Compositae)
  • Plant Form : Herb
  • Occurrence (Sectors) : 15
  • Occurrence (Special Areas) : Indroda Park, Sarita Udyan

About Pentanema indicum Plant :

  • Habit : A small, erect, rigid herb with rounded, hairy stem.
  • Leaves : Variable in size, sessile, oblong-lanceolate, rough, acute, hairy, pale beneath, with rounded auricles at the base.
  • Inflorescence : Capitulum (Head). Heads on long, slender peduncles.
  • Flowers :
    • Ray florets yellow, 12-24, 3-toothed.
    • Involucral bracts campanulate.
    • Disc florets are dark yellow in colour and fertile.
  • Fruit : Achenes
  • Flowering and Fruiting Time : February - April
  • Significance : Wildly growing in wastelands.