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Blumea riparia

Botanic Family

Asteraceae

Author

(Blume) de Candolle

Common Names

• Katarai (Sul.) Kuli-amu (Sub.) Lankat (Mbo.)
• Pagang-pagang (C.Bis.)
• Jia dong feng cao (Pinyin)
• Tombak-tombak (Malaysia)

Geographical Habitats

• Queensland - Australia
• Bhutan
• Borneo
• Cambodia
• Fujian
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Hainan
• Hunan
• Jiangxi
• Sichuan
• Taiwan
• Yunnan
• Zhejiang - China
• India
• Java
• Maluku
• Sulawesi
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Ryukyu Islands - Japan
• Laos
• Malacca
• Penang
• Perak
• Selangor - Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• New Caledonia
• New Guinea - Papua New Guinea
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Solomon Islands
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Thickets
• forest clearings
• forest
• streamsides
• forest edge
• montane areas
• woodland

Flowering Times

• Jan-Jun (China)

Fruiting Times

Liana or scandent herb, pubescent or glabrous shrub or herb with dentate mucronate leaves to 130mm x 40mm glabrous above, glabrescent beneath. Axillary & terminal panicles or corymbs to 200mm long with tomentose bracts, exterior bracts to 4mm, interior villous bracts to 7mm, flowerheads to 8mm diameter, 15mm diameter, 10mm long white or yellow flowers, 5-lobed corolla. Sparsely hirsute achenes 14mm x 0.5mm with white pappus.

Medicinal

Further References

• FOC
• FI
• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• F Indochine
• FOMP