• Family : ASTERACEAE
  (Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : COMPOSITAE
• Basionym : Inula indica L.
• Synonym(s) : Vicoa indica (L.) DC.; Pentanema indicum var. indicum (L.) Ling
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Pentanema indicum (L.) Ling
• Common name : Golden Daisy
• Vernacular name : Bana sebati (Oria); Sonkadi (Marathi); Malathi (Telugu)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Degraded forests, also in the plains
• Comments / notes : On plains to 1300m. A weed of cultivation and also an aggressive colonizer.
• Flower, Fruit : September-March
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kadapa district, Kurnool district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district, Chittoor district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Odisha : Malkangiri district, Mayurbhanj district
  • Tamil Nadu : Villipuram district
• World Distribution : India, China, Thailand, West tropical Africa, Pakistan, Myanmar, Sri Lanka
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : N.P. Singh, P. Lakshminarasimhan, S. Karthikeyan & P. V. Prasanna (2001). Flora of Maharashtra state, Dicotyledones. Vol. 2. Botanical survey of India, Govt. India; Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; 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; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Pullaiah, T & Ali Moulali, D., 1997. Flora of Andhra Pradesh. Vol. 2; 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=Pentanema indicum. Downloaded on 30 January 2025.

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