• 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) : Blumea membranacea DC.
• Vernacular name : Pokasunga (Oria)
• Habit : Herb
• Comments / notes : Aromatic herb. Common as forest undergrowth and also in moist places
• Flower, Fruit : July-May
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : East Godavari district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district, Chittoor district
  • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Kottayam district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Odisha : Ganjam district
  • Tamil Nadu : Madurai district
• World Distribution : India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, Malaysia, Taiwan
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• 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=Blumea membranacea. Downloaded on 30 January 2025.

Botanical Description

Herbarium Specimen(s)

Line Drawings