• Family : ASTERACEAE
  (Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : COMPOSITAE
• Basionym : Notonia grandiflora DC.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Kleinia grandiflora (Wallich ex DC.) N.Rani
• Common name : Leafy cactus
• Vernacular name : Aattukaal chedi, Muyal kadhu, Naainaakku, Illaikalli (Tamil)
• Habit : Undershrub
• Habitat : Deciduous forests
• Comments / notes : Occasional on foothills to 1400m on exposed slopes especially among rocks of scrub jungles
• Flower, Fruit : June-November
• Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh R, Raja K.Swamy & Rajasri Ray
• Collection Date : 11/09/2014
• Collection Nos : HJCB-0006; KFP 1028;
• Collection Locality : Alangayam R.F., Jawadhu Hills, Tiruvannamalai district (TN)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Prakasam district, Chittoor district, Kurnool district, Srikakulam district
  • Karnataka : Mysuru district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Tamil Nadu : Dindigul district, Madurai district, Tiruvannamalai district
• Native : India, Sri Lanka
• World Distribution : Sri Lanka through India to Nepal
• 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; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District; 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=Kleinia grandiflora. Downloaded on 30 January 2025.

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