• 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) : Unresolved name
• Vernacular name : Aranya jeeraka (Sanskrit)
• Habit : Herb
• Comments / notes : Rare in Ghats
• Flower, Fruit : December-January
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : West Godavari district, Srikakulam district
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Odisha : Dhenkanal district
• World Distribution : Afghanistan to India
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India.
• 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=Centratherum anthelminticum. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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