Pluchea indica
(Asteraceae)
Names and origins
Characters
Ecology
Uses
Conservation
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Forest type (costal, hill, lowland, peatswamp, mountains, kerangas...)
Forest Layer (emergent, canopy, understory, forest floor, liana...)
Pioneer tree, late sucessional tree
Symbiotic microorganisms (Nitrogen-fixing bacteria, ectomycorrhiza)
Seed dispersal by animals
Pollination by birds, bats, bees, beetles
Symbiosis with animals, ants
Flowering habits and frequency
Seed germination conditions and time
<p>The plant often grows in wet saline coastal habitat, such as brackish marshes and mangroves. The flowers are pollinated by butterflies as well as other insects. The leaves also as food source for caterpillars of the moth Lobesia rhombophora. Beluntas is propagated by seed as well as stem cutting. </p>
Pluchea indica (Asteraceae) Pluchea indica (Asteraceae)