• 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) : Laggera crispata (Vahl) Hepper & J.R.I.Wood
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Deciduous forests
• Comments / notes : Occasional in forests and waste places
• Flower, Fruit : September-March
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, East Godavari district
  • Kerala : Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Idukki district
  • Odisha : Koraput district, Ganjam district, Mayurbhanj district
• World Distribution : Tropical Asia, Africa
• 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; 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=Laggera crispata. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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