• Family : ASTERACEAE
  (Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : COMPOSITAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Bidens pilosa L.
• Vernacular name : Magha latenga (Oria)
• Habit : Herb
• Comments / notes : On hills above 1000m. Gregarious weed of fallow lands and an aggressive colonizer.
• Flower, Fruit : September-April
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Kurnool district, Vishakapatnam district, West Godavari district
  • Odisha : Ganjam district, Mayurbhanj district
• Native : India
• World Distribution : Pantropical
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Bidens pilosa. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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