- 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) : Launaea pinnatifida Cass.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Launaea sarmentosa (Willd.) Sch.Bip. ex Kuntze
- Vernacular name :
- Bonapatre (Kannada)
- Kadalkozhuppa (Malayalam)
- Habit : Herb
- Comments / notes : On plains by the coast; sandy places and along river banks.
- Key identification features : Herb with yellow juice. Flower-heads standing singly or 2 together, arising from the nodes, upto 1/2 inch long. Corolla yellow. Fruit a cylindrical achene.
- Flower, Fruit : March-November
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Vizianagaram district
- Goa : South Goa district
- Karnataka : Udupi district, Dakshina Kannada district
- Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Ernakulam district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Odisha : Ganjam district, Balasore district, Kendrapara district
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Lakshadweep : Lakshadweep
- Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Cape Provinces, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, KwaZulu-Natal, Lakshadweep Islands, Madagascar, Maldives, Mozambique, Myanmar, Pakistan, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Cape Provinces, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, KwaZulu-Natal, Lakshadweep Islands, Madagascar, Maldives, Mozambique, Myanmar, Pakistan, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- 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.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Launaea sarmentosa. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Line Drawings
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Field Image(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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