• 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) : Tricholepis radicans (Roxb.) DC.
• Vernacular name : Mundagoose, Dhana (Kannada)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Scrub jungles
• Comments / notes : On hills and lower slopes. Common in foothills and scrub forests
• Flower, Fruit : August-February
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K.Swamy
• Collection Date : 09/12/2010
• Collection Nos : FAP 41967
• Collection Locality : Gollalaguduru, Kadapa district (AP)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Kadapa district
  • Karnataka : Ballari district, Chitradurga district
  • Tamil Nadu : Dharmapuri district
• Native : India
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; .N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
• 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=Tricholepis radicans. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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