- 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) : Eclipta alba (L.) Hassk.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Eclipta prostrata (L.) L.
- Common name : False daisy, Trailing eclipta, Bhringaraj, Thistles
- Vernacular name :
- Bhringraj, Bhangra (Hindi)
- Bhringaraja gida (Kannada)
- Karisalaganni, Kaiyaanthavarai (Tamil)
- Galagara, Kunta galagara (Telugu)
- Bhringarj, Kesarda, Bhrungaraj (Oria)
- Bringhraj (Sanskrit)
- Maka (Marathi)
- Kaithonni, Kaiyan-takara, Kanjunni, Kayyunni (Malayalam)
- Habit : Herb
- Comments / notes : In plains to 1300m. Common in clayey moist ground, like bunds of paddy fields, by water courses and drainages
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Throughout Andhra Pradesh
- Karnataka : All districts of Karnataka
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Akola district
- Odisha : Throughout Odisha
- Tamil Nadu : Throughout Tamil Nadu
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Rajasthan : Jaisalmer district, Barmer district, Bikaner district, Jodhpur district
- Native : Alabama, Argentina, Arizona, Arkansas, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, California, Chile, Colombia, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Georgia, Guatemala, Guya
- Exotic/Native : Exotic
- World Distribution : Pantropics
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
- 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
- Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan district
- Gowda, 2004 – Flora of Sringeri district
- Seetharam et al., 2000 – Flora of Gulbarga district
- Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg district
- Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere district
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Eclipta prostrata. Downloaded on 10 October 2024.
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