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Madras carpet (Grangea maderaspatana)

Dlium Madras carpet (Grangea maderaspatana)

Madras carpet (Grangea maderaspatana) is a species of plant in the Asteraceae, herbaceous, cylindrical roots and greyish, branching stems, grows up to 70 cm, green and hairy, grows in forests, rice fields, waterways, roadsides and abandoned land.

G. maderaspatana has elongated leaves with wings on the edges, bright green or yellow, white veins, 7 cm long and 2 cm wide. The flowers are ball-shaped, 6-10 mm in diameter, solitary, yellow and have a stalk.



TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Astereae
Subtribe: Grangeinae
Genus: Grangea Adans. in Fam. Pl. 2: 121 (1763)
Species: Grangea maderaspatana (L.) Desf. in Tabl. École Bot.: 95 (1804)

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Artemisia maderaspatana L. in Sp. Pl.: 849 (1753)
Cotula maderaspatana (L.) Willd. in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 2170 (1803)

HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS

Cotula sphaeranthus Link in Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 344 (1822)
Ethulia nepalensis Spreng. ex DC. in Prodr. 6: 141 (1838)
Grangea adansonii Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 19: 304 (1821)
Grangea aegyptiaca (Juss. ex Jacq.) DC. in Prodr. 5: 373 (1836)
Grangea glandulosa Fayed in Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 15: 466 (1979)
Grangea hispida Humbert in Compos. Madagascar: 37, 282 (1923)
Grangea mucronata Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. in Numer. List: n.° 3236 (1831)
Grangea sphaeranthus (Link) K.Koch in Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 1: 41 (1843)
Grangea strigosa Gand. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 65: 42 (1918)
Perdicium tomentosum Blanco in Fl. Filip.: 630 (1837)
Tanacetum aegyptiacum Juss. ex Jacq. in Hort. Bot. Vindob. 3: 46 (1777)
Tanacetum humile Foek. in Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 148 (1775)

PUBLICATIONS

Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.

Barooah, C. & Ahmed, I. (2014). Plant diversity of Assam. A checklist of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms: 1-599. Assam science technology and environment council, India.

Beentje, H.J. (2021). Flore du Gabon 56: 1-148. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris; Margraf Publishers, Weikersheim; Meise Botanic Garden.

Ghafoor, A. & al. (2021). Flora of Pakistan 224: 1-310. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.

Karthigeyan, K., Pandey, R.P. & Mao, A.A. (eds.) (2023). Flora of Andaman and Nicobar Islands 2: 1-689. Botanical Survey of India. Ministry of environment, forest and climate change.

Kiew, R. & al. (eds.) (2021). Malayan Forest Records 49: 1-403.

Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.

Koyama, H., Bunwong, S., Pornpongrungrueng, P. & Hind, D.J.N. (2016). Flora of Thailand 13(2): 143-428. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.

Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.

Rajbhandari, K.R., Rai, S.K. & Chhetri, R. (2024). A Handbook of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 5: 1-432. Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 3: 1-978. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.

Turner, I.M. (1995). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(1): 1-346.

VERNACULAR NAME

Assamese: Makhipotia
Bengali: হোল্ডে ঘাস - নবতি - পদা - সেপদা ঘাস Holde ghas, Namuti, Padan, Subeda ghas
Burmese: မဒရပ်စ်ကော်ဇော
English: Madras carpet
Gujarati: Nani gorakhmundi, Zinki mundi
Hindi: मद्रास कालीन - मुख्तारी - मुखा तारी - मुस्तरू - मस्तरू Madraas kaaleen, Mukhtari, Mustaru, Mastaru
Indonesian: Puting kuning
Java: Pentil kuning
Kachchhi: Nandheri Gorakh val
Kannada: Davana, Dodda gaadaari, Granthaparni, Kaadu uddu, Maasipatre, Muttu kaaraachi
Khmer: កំរាលព្រំម៉ាដ្រាស
Konkani: Modagoru
Lao: ພົມປູພື້ນມາດຣາສ
Madura: Pentil konèng
Malayalam: Nilampala, Nelampala
Manipuri: Leibungou
Marathi: Machipatri, Mashipatri
Minang: Puting kuniang
Nepali: गोब्रे झार - माक्से-पार्न - माक्शी पर्ना Gobre jhaar, Maaksee-parn, Makshi parna
Odia: Agnikumari, Bajra muli, Masha parnni
Oria: Agni kumari, Painjari
Rajasthani: Mukhtari
Sinhala: මදුරාසි කාපට් Madurāsi kāpaṭ
Tamil: மெட்ராஸ் கார்பெட் Meṭrās kārpeṭ, Maci-pattiri
Telugu: Machi-patri, Saave, Mastharu
Thai: พรมมาดราส
Urdu: مدراس کا قالین Madaras ka qaalin
Vietnam: Núm vú màu vàng

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