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3. Blumea balsamifera (L.) DC.wfo-0000002804

Prodr. 5: 447. 1836; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 270. 1881; Gagnep., Fl. Indo-Chine 3: 547. 1924; Randeria, Blumea 10: 237. 1960; Backer & Bakh.f., Fl. Java 1: 387. 1965.— Conyza balsamifera L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 2: 1208. 1763.— Pluchea balsamifera (L.) Less., Linnaea 6: 150. 1831. Fig. 17; Plate XIX: 3.


Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.



Synonyms & Citations :

Baccharis salvia Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 2:494. 1790. in syn. [Conyza odorata Rumph., Amb. 6 t. 24 f. r. 1750], non L.
Blumea grandis DC., Prodr. 5: 447. 1836.
Conyza grandis Wall., Numer. List [Wallich] no. 3051, comp. no. 161: 105. 1831, nom. nud.
Blumea balsamifera var. microcephala Kitam., Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 23: 66. 1968.
Conyza vestita Wall., Numer. List [Wallich] no. 2998, comp. no. 108: 103. 1831, nom. nud.


Description : Shrub to small tree, 0.5–4 m tall; stems erect, tomentose. Leaves petiolate, elliptic to lanceolate, 5–32 by 2–12 cm, apex acute or acuminate, base attenuate or obtuse, margins serrulate to serrate, usually with upcurved teeth, rarely dentate or lacerate, coriaceous, bright green, upper surface rugose, pubescent with multicellular and glandular hairs, lower surface tomentose or rarely densely woolly; petioles 1–4 cm long, with 4–6 pairs of appendages, 6–15 mm long. Inflorescences terminal and/or axillary, large, loose, spreading panicles, 7–30 cm long. Capitula 4–7mm diam.; peduncles slender, 2–10 mm long; involucres campanulate; phyllaries 4–5-seriate, outer lanceolate, 0.4–0.5 mm wide, acute with densely pilose hairs, inner linear, scarious with ciliate margins, pilose; receptacle 2.5–3 mm diam., slightly convex, alveolate, glabrous. Marginal floret corollas yellow, basal tube 4.5–6 mm long, glabrous. Disc floret corollas yellow, basal tube 4–7 mm long, glabrous, lobes oblong-lanceolate, 0.3–0.4 mm long, pubescent with glandular hairs; anthers 0.8–2 mm long, apical appendages round, bases with branched tails, anther-tails equal to, or longer than anther collars; style arms 0.9–1 mm long, base swollen. Achenes oblong, 5-ribbed, 0.8–2 mm long, 0.2–0.3 mm diam., setuliferous; pappus bristles 18–20, 4.5–5 mm long, persistent, reddish.


Thailand : NORTHERN: Chiang Mai (Doi Chiang Dao, Doi Suthep, Ban Angka Noi, Chom Thong, Pha Hom Pok, SW of Doi Chang), Tak (Huai Krasa, Mae Sot); NORTH- EASTERN: Loei (Si Than); CENTRAL: Nakhon Nayok (Khao Yai NP), Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (Bangkok); SOUTH- EASTERN: Chanthaburi (Pong Nam Ron), Trat (Ko Chang); SOUTH-WESTERN: Uthai Thani (Huai Kha Khaeng), Kanchanaburi (Klang Dong), Ratchaburi (Bang Saphan); CENTRAL: Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (Bangkok); PENINSULAR: Chumphon, Ranong (Khao Phota Luang Kaeo, Praphat beach), Trang (Khao Phap Pha, Khao Chong NP), Narathiwat (Waeng).


Distribution : China (Hainan, Tibet, Yunnan, Guizhou, Taiwan), India, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Indochina, Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak), Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia (Borneo, Sumatra, Celebes, Java, Moluccas), the Philippines (Luzon, Leyte, Mindanao, Negros, Palawan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi), Timor-Leste (Dili), Australia (Christmas Island).


Ecology : Old clearings or clearings near villages, at roadsides, on dry slopes in deciduous forests or in open evergreen forests and in mixed bamboo thickets, 120–1,400 m alt. Flowering all year round.


Vernacular : Kham phong (คำพอง)(Northern); cha-bo (จะบอ)(Malay-Pattani); tang-hong-chao (ตั้งโฮงเช้า)(Chinese); nae (แน)(Karen-Mae Hong Son); bai lom (ใบหลม)(Central); phak chi chang (ผักชีช้าง)(Central, Northeastern, Nong Khai); phop-kwa (พ็อบกวา)(Karen-Mae Hong Son); phimsen (พิมเสน)(Central, Bangkok); nat (หนาด)(Chanthaburi, Central, Chaiyaphum); nat luang (หนาดหลวง)(Northern); nat yai (หนาดใหญ่)(Central, Loei).


CommonName : Camphor tree.


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Figure 17
Plate XIX: 3
Blumea balsamifera (L.) DC.