- 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) : Blumea lacera (Burm.f.) DC.
- Vernacular name :
- Kukurbanda, Kukrondha, Kukranda (Hindi)
- Thaevuppula (Tamil)
- Korupoganu (Telugu)
- Pokasunga (Oria)
- Kukurandru (Sanskrit)
- Kukkura-chedi, Rakila (Malayalam)
- Habit : Herb
- Comments / notes : On plains to 1000m, in wasteland, fallow fields, dry deciduous forests; also in the plains. Locally abundant (Mattew)
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Distribution :
- Kerala : Kasaragod district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Odisha : Common weed
- Tamil Nadu : Tiruchirapalli district
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Sula
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
- 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
- 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.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Blumea lacera. Downloaded on 14 December 2024.
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