Duhaldea cappa (buch.-ham. ex D.don) Pruski & Anderb.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Duhaldea

Characteristics

Shrubs, 70-200 cm tall. Stems lanate-tomentose, branched. Petiole ca. 5 mm (rarely to 20 mm); leaf blade elliptic, lanceolate, or narrowly oblong, 8-23 × 2.5-5.5 cm, thick, rather papery, whitish lanate abaxially, obscuring minor veins, green and sparsely coarsely pubescent adaxially, base rounded (rarely tapered), margin remotely serrulate, apex acute or shortly acuminate. Capitula radiate or disciform, in dense corymbs. Involucre 6-seriate; phyllaries lanceolate, tomentose, inner ones 4.5-6 × ca. 0.7 mm. Ray florets few; corollas yellow, usually 4.5-5.3 mm, tubular and erect or curved outward or with short lamina to 1 × 1 mm, rarely tube 2.9-3.5 mm with lamina 2.3-2.9 mm. Disk floret corollas yellow, 4.7-6 × 4-6 mm. Achenes cylindric, ca. 1.8 mm, white tomentose. Pappus whitish, sometimes brownish tipped, 4-5 cm. Fl. Jun-Oct, fr. Aug-Dec. 2n = 20.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.8
Root system -
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Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Fruiting months
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AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible leaves roots
Therapeutic use Anti-bacterial agents (flower), Appetite stimulants (leaf), Parasympatholytics (leaf), Diaphoretic (leaf), Anti-bacterial agents (leaf), Pain (leaf), Pregnancy complications (leaf), Scabies (leaf), Abdominal pain (root), Central nervous system diseases (root), Contraceptive agents (root), Diarrhea (root), Dysentery (root), Dyspepsia (root), Hemorrhoids (root), Measles (root), Abdominal pain (shoot), Labor pain (shoot), Ache(Back) (unspecified), Headache (unspecified), Ache(Leg) (unspecified), Anodyne (unspecified), Asthma (unspecified), Decoagulant (unspecified), Edema (unspecified), Expectorant (unspecified), Inflammation (unspecified), Leucorrhea (unspecified), Pain (unspecified), Pruritis (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Skin (unspecified), Sore (unspecified), Swelling (unspecified), Trauma (unspecified), Alexiteric (unspecified), Carminative (unspecified), Cicatrizant (unspecified), Cold (unspecified), Puerperium (unspecified), Beri-Beri (unspecified), Beriberi (unspecified), Colic (unspecified), Antineoplastic agents (unspecified), Labor pain (unspecified), Antineoplastic agents (whole plant), Diuretics (whole plant)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Images

Duhaldea cappa unspecified picture

Distribution

Duhaldea cappa world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, Indonesia, India, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:70029926-1
WFO ID wfo-0000113210
COL ID 38242
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Inula cappa f. cappa Helenium cappa Helenium salviodorum Vernonia congesta Duhaldea lanuginosa Duhaldea eriophora Conyza cappa Inula oblonga Eupatorium lanatum Duhaldea cappa Moquinia eriosematoides Inula lanuginosa Inula pseudocappa Conyza argentea Duhaldea chinensis Conyza eriophora Inula intermedia Inula eriophora Blumea arnottiana Conyza lanuginosa Inula cappa Pteronia marginata Blumea chinensis Baccharis chinensis Conyza dentata Inula salviodora Duhaldea chinensis var. oblonga Vernonia eriosematoides Vernonia congesta