Sigesbeckia orientalis L.

 
  • Family : ASTERACEAE
    (Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Compositae
  • Synonym(s) : Minyranthes heterophylla Turcz.; Sigesbeckia brachiata Roxb.; Sigesbeckia caspia Fisch. & C.A.Mey.; Sigesbeckia droseroides Sweet; Sigesbeckia esquirolii H.Lév. & Vaniot; Sigesbeckia glutinosa Wall.; Sigesbeckia gracilis DC.; Sigesbeckia humilis Koidz.; Sigesbeckia iberica Willd.; Sigesbeckia microcephala DC.; Sigesbeckia orientalis f. angustifolia Makino; Sigesbeckia orientalis var. tenggerensis Hochr.; Sigesbeckia triangularis Cav.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Sigesbeckia orientalis L.
  • Common name : St Paul's Wort, Eastern St. Paul's-wor, holy herb, Indian-weed, stickyweedt
  • Vernacular name :
    • Lichkura (Garhwali)
    • Pili badakdi (Gujarati)
    • Gobariya (Hindi)
    • Piri fuldi ( Kachchhi)
    • Antu huvina gida (Kannada)
    • Katampoo (Malayalam)
    • katampu (Marathi)
    • Dudhe jhaar, Gobre jhaar, Nauni patra (Nepali)
    • Katampam (Tamil)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Fields, thickets, forest margins, forests; 100-2800 m. On hills above 900m in wastelands, also in dry and Tropical moist deciduous forests.
  • Key identification features : Annuals. Stems erect, simple or dichotomously branched, branches opposite, obtusely angulate, 30-75(-100) cm tall, ± crisp pubescent to densely pubescent, especially in upper part. Leaves ovate-triangular, ovate, or oblong-ovate, finely and appressed pilose, especially abaxially, sometimes with sparse small glands and hairs, base cuneate or rounded to subcordate, margin largely and usually unequally toothed to sinuate-dentate, sometimes resembling reduced leaves of sunflower, apex acute or acuminate. Capitula small, ca. 5 mm wide; outer phyllaries with dense stipitate-glandular hairs, oblong-obovate or linear-spatulate, considerably longer than inner, sometimes broader and with small number of glands or shorter. Achenes dark gray or dull black, obpyramidal, sometimes with sparse, more lucid, laevigate irregular tubercles, ca. 3 × 1.2 mm, with white annular groove at apex, marginal achenes slightly curved
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : East Godavari district, Vishakapatnam district, Chittoor district, Srikakulam district
    • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Maharashtra : Akola district
    • Odisha : Ganjam district, Mayurbhanj district
    • Tamil Nadu : Salem district, Dharmapuri district, Tiruvannamalai district
    • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad
    • Uttarakhand : Dehradun district
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Native : Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Bhutan, India, Japan, Laos, Malesia, Nepal, Russia, Thailand, Vietnam; Africa, tropical America, Australi
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Old & New World tropics
  • 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
    • 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
    • .N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
    • Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • Nair, N. G (1977).Flora of Bashahr Himalayas. International Bioscience Publishers: 165
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Sigesbeckia orientalis. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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