Inflorescence; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 9/2009 © Jingxin Liu
Infructescence; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 9/2009 © Jingxin Liu
Habit; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 9/2009 © Jingxin Liu
Identifier: 1573 Date of entry: 10.02.2011 Last update: 12.01.2020
Kingdom: Plantae (2635)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2573)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2146)
Order: Asterales (237)
Family: Asteraceae (221)(family description)
Genus: Vernonia (3)
Epithet: esculenta Hemsl. ex Forb. & Hemsl. (4)
esculenta => edible, fit for human food
Climate: tropical
Habit: shrub, arborescent
Flower colour: pink, white
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