- Family : ASTERACEAE
(Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Asteraceae
- Synonym(s) : Crassocephalum pseudochina (L.) Kuntze; Senecio pseudochina L.; Cacalia bulbosa Lour.; Cacalia maculata Buch.-Ham. ex Steud.; Cacalia sagittaria B.Heyne ex Wall.; Crassocephalum miniatum (Welw.) Hiern; Gynura bodinieri H.Lév.; Gynura bulbosa (Lour.) Hook. & Arn.;Gynura eximia S.Moore;Gynura miniata Welw.; Gynura nudicaulis Arn.; Gynura rusisiensis R.E.Fr.; Gynura sagittaria DC.; Gynura sinuata DC.; Gynura somalensis (Chiov.) Cufod.; Gynura variifolia De Wild.; Senecio bulbosus (Lour.) Sch.Bip.; Senecio crassipes H.Lév. & Vaniot; Senecio hamiltonianus Sch.Bip.; Senecio miniatus (Welw.) Staner; Senecio nudicaulis (Arn.) Sch.Bip.; Senecio somalensis Chiov.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Gynura pseudochina (L.) DC.
- Habit : Herb
- Key identification features : Small, glabrous or pubescent shrubs with tuberous roots; Stems finely striate, distally corymbosely branched; Leaves subradical, oblong-elliptical, long acuminate, base augustate, margins sinuate-subpinnatifid, spinescent, pubescent on both surface; Heads in terminal, corymbose pannicles; Involucral bracts, uniseriate, oblong-lanceolate, glabrous; Florets yellow; Achenes fusiform, many ribbed, slightly villous; pappus white, multi-seriate.
- Flower, Fruit : April- November
- Distribution :
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Lohit, Tirap
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Mizoram : Lawngtlai-Kawlchaw
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Angola, Bhutan, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, China, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Hainan, India, Jawa, Malawi, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Zambia, Zaïre
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Angola, Bhutan, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, China, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Hainan, India, Jawa, Malawi, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Zambia, Zaïre
- Literature :
- Singh, N. P., Singh, K. P., & Singh, D. K. (2002). Flora of Mizoram (Vol. 1). Botanical Survey of India. Pg. : 776
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 29
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Gynura pseudochina. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.
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