Gynura pseudochina (L.) DC.

 
  • 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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