• Family : ASTERACEAE
  (Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : COMPOSITAE
• Basionym : Verbesina biflora L.
• Synonym(s) : Woollastonia biflora (L.) DC.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Wollastonia biflora (L.) DC.
• Habit : Climber
• Habitat : Occasional in tidal forests, also on sandy sea shore
• Flower, Fruit : May-June
• Distribution :
  • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Malappuram district, Thrissur district, Ernakulam district, Alappuzha district
  • Odisha : Koraput district, Puri district, Khurda district, Ganjam district
• World Distribution : Paleotropics
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; 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=Wedelia biflora. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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