• 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) : Acilepis divergens (Roxb.) H.Rob. & Skvarla
• Vernacular name : Kaattupoovu, Poomakilaa (Tamil)
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : Moist deciduous forests and shola borders
• Comments / notes : On hills above 900m
• Flower, Fruit : November-May
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Vishakapatnam district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district
  • Karnataka : Ballari district
  • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Odisha : Ganjam district, Koraput district, Mayurbhanj district
  • Tamil Nadu : Namakkal district, Salem district, Dharmapuri district
• Native : Indo-Malay
• World Distribution : India, Malay Peninsula, Myanmar
• 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; 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; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; 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=Vernonia divergens. Downloaded on 4 April 2025.

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