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Taraxacum officinale (L.) Weber details in Pandanus database of Indian plant names Back to the list of plant names

Latin name Taraxacum officinale (L.) Weber  Family Asteraceae  Identified with (Skt) dugdhaphenī, payasvinī  Identified with (Hin) dudhal, kānphūl  Identified with (Mal) dugddhaphēni  Identified with (Eng) Common dandellion, Blow ball  Botanical info A perennial herb growing in the hills from 300 - 5400 m throughout India, thick tap root and abundant milky juice in all parts, leaves radical, sessile, variable in shape, flowers yellow, fruits glabrous achenes, flattened, ribbed minutely, spiny on the upper half, crowned with white pappus hairs  Search occurrence dugdhaphenī, payasvinī, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts  See plant's image Taraxacum officinale (L.) Weber in Google image search  Encyclopedias &  Dictionaries

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