• 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) : Sphaeranthus indicus L.
• Common name : East-Indian Globe Thistle, Indian globe flower
• Vernacular name : Mundi, Gorakh mundi (Hindi); Gadde karande, Moodugattina gida (Kannada); Kottaikaranthai, Mottai pappaatthi (Tamil); Bodda tarupu, Bodda soramu (Telugu); Buikadam, Bhuin kadamba, Boka shungi, Poka sungo, Gurak mundi, Hata mundi, Hala mundi, Mundika, Gudur kucha, Murisa (Oria); Mundi (Sanskrit); Adakkyamaniyan, Mangachedim Meeranganni, Mundari-Mundi (Malayalam)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Wet places
• Comments / notes : On plains to 500m in fallow fields in clayey soil and lake shores
• Flower, Fruit : November-April
• Distribution :
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
• Native : Asia, Australia
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar, Malaysia, Australia, Africa
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• 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; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
• 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=Sphaeranthus indicus. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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