• 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) : Sonchus wightianus DC.
• Common name : Corn Sow Thistle
• Vernacular name : Sahadevi bari (Hindi); Nalla tapata, Jungli Tamaku (Telugu); Bano sorisho (Oria)
• Habit : Herb
• Comments / notes : On hills above 900m,a weed of cultivation, fallow fields, shola forests etc.
• Flower, Fruit : October-March
• Distribution :
  • Kerala : Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Kottayam district
• World Distribution : Asia
• 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=Sonchus wightianus. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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