Gynura lycopersicifolia DC.

 
  • 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) : Gynura lycopersicifolia DC.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Pottari (Telugu)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Among wet rocks in Tropical moist deciduous forests
  • Comments / notes : Occasional
  • Flower, Fruit : June-December
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district
    • Kerala : Idukki district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Odisha : Ganjam district, Koraput district
  • Native : India
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Naidu, M.T, O.A. Kumar & M. Venkaiah (2015). Vascular plant diversity in the sacred grove of Modapalli in Viskhapatnam District of Andhra Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 7(10): 7683-7690
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Gynura lycopersicifolia. Downloaded on 8 December 2024.

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