Vicoa indica Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Vicoa

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite herb. It grows 0.527-1.11m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.53 - 1.11
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal social use
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Antiviral agents (aerial part), Medicine (unspecified), Abortifacient agents (unspecified), Anti-bacterial agents (unspecified), Antifungal agents (unspecified), Anti-inflammatory agents (unspecified), Antipyretics (unspecified), Contraceptive agents (unspecified), Estrogen receptor modulators (unspecified), Antifungal agents (whole plant), Anti-infective agents (whole plant), Contraceptive agents (whole plant)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Vicoa indica world distribution map, present in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, China, Côte d'Ivoire, Cabo Verde, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Sri Lanka, Mali, Myanmar, Mozambique, Mauritania, Malawi, Nepal, Pakistan, Sudan, Senegal, South Sudan, Chad, Togo, Thailand, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Viet Nam, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:259717-1
WFO ID wfo-0000118235
COL ID 5BD35
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Erigeron sanguineus Inulaster kotschyi Inula appendiculata Erigeron linearis Doronicum calcaratum Vicoa aurita Aster lofouensis Vicoa auriculata Inula leptoclada Varthemia kotschyi Inula indica Inula scabra Pentanema indicum Vicoa appendiculata Jacobaea indica Vicoa leptoclada Inulaster kotschyi Inula auriculata Inulaster hotschyi Varthemia kotschyi Inula indica Inula indica var. indica Inula indica var. hypoleuca Pentanema indicum var. hypoleucum Pentanema indicum var. indicum Vicoa indica Pentanema indicum var. sivarajanianum