• Family : ASTERACEAE
  (Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : COMPOSITAE
• Synonym(s) : Gynura crepidioides Benth.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Crassocephalum crepidioides (Benth.) S.Moore
• Common name : Red-flower Rageleaf
• Vernacular name : Appuppanthadi (Malayalam)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : In open forests, forest edges and in gardens
• Comments / notes : Common
• Flower, Fruit : September-May
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Ballari district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
• Native : Africa
• World Distribution : Pantropical
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; 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=Crassocephalum crepidioides. Downloaded on 1 February 2025.

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