• 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) : Cyathocline lyrata Cass.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cyathocline purpurea (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Kuntze
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Near stream
• Comments / notes : Frequent in the forest as undergrowth. Banks of streams and paddy fields. Aromatic herb.
• Flower, Fruit : September-March
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : West Godavari district, East Godavari district, Vishakapatnam district
  • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
• Native : Indian subcontinent
• World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India , Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; 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; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India; 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=Cyathocline purpurea. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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