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Xanthium strumarium ZAN-thee-um -- meaning, yellow stroo-MAR-ee-um -- meaning, swelling (tumor in reference to the seedpods) commonly known as: broad bur, burdock datura, clotbur, rough cockleburr • Afrikaans: kankerroos • Gujarati: godrian • Hindi: छोटा धतूरा chota dhatura, छोटा गोखुरू chota gokhuru, घाघरा ghaghra, संखाहुली sankhahuli • Kannada: ಮರುಳೂಮ್ಮತ್ತಿ maruluummatti • Marathi: घागरा ghagara, शंकेश्र्वर shankeshrvar • Portuguese (Brazil): carrapicho-de-carneiro • Sanskrit: अरिष्ट arishta, मेध्य medhya, सर्पक्षी sarpakshi • Tamil: மருளூமத்தை marul-umattai • Telugu: మరులుతీగె marulutige Native to: the Americas, eastern Asia.. flowers are of two types: one, in short terminal branches, produces only pollen.. other, in clusters in the axils of the leaves, produces seed. References:
NPGS / GRIN •
Purdue University •
Wikipedia. Date: 25 December 2007, 14:45. Source:
Xanthium strumarium. Author:
Dinesh Valke from Thane, India.