• 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) : Blumea oxyodonta DC.
• Habit : Herb
• Comments / notes : Occasional on hills above 900m in fallow fields. Along streambeds and grassy slopes, also in the plains
• Flower, Fruit : October-May
• Distribution :
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Odisha : Ganjam district, Mayurbhanj district
• Native : Indo-China
• World Distribution : India, Pakistan, Myanmar, China, Indo-China, Philippines
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; 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; 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=Blumea oxyodonta. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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