Elephantopus scaber L.

 
  • 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 IPNI) : Elephantopus scaber L.
  • Common name : Prickly leaved Elephant's foot
  • Vernacular name :
    • Gobhi (Hindi)
    • Hakkarike, Nela mucchilu (Kannada)
    • Manjur chendi, Hasti kalaka (Telugu)
    • Tutamuli, Tatmuli, Meghuchuria, Mayur chandrika, Mayur chulia, Dasti gatcho, Amtuliya, Chhota-rasna (Oria)
    • Hasthi padi, Gojihva, Mayura shika (Sanskrit)
    • Aanayadi, Aanachuvadi, Koonjirikka, Ottaveran, Thomunji (Malayalam)
    • Hasthapadi (Telugu)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests, also in plains near moist places
  • Flower, Fruit : August-January
  • Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha
  • Collection Date : 19/11/1969
  • Collection Nos : CJS 15568
  • Collection Locality : Bagi, Hassan district
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : East Godavari district, Vishakapatnam district, Srikakulam district, West Godavari district
    • Karnataka : Hassan district, Chikkamagaluru district, Belagavi district, Dakshina Kannada district, Davanagare district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Odisha : Kalhandi district, Koraput district, Mayurbhanj district
    • Tamil Nadu : Common
    • Jharkhand :
    • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Angola, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Cameroon, China, Comoros, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Madagascar, Malaya, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Vietnam, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Angola, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Cameroon, China, Comoros, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Madagascar, Malaya, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Vietnam, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
  • 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 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
    • 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
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan district
    • Gowda, 2004 – Flora of Sringeri district
    • Rao & Razi, 1981 - A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg district
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi district
    • Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere district
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • Indigenous Plants at Biodiversity Park, Ranchi - Ranchi Afforestation Division, Forest and Environmental Department, Jharkhand
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Elephantopus scaber. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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