Manga Poovu / Yellow Cosmos
Cosmos sulphureus
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Manga Poovu
Identify Manga Poovu by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Confirm leaf arrangement: Opposite.
- Confirm leaf type: Pinnately compound.
- Confirm flower colour: Pink.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Asteraceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Manga Poovu.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cosmos sulphureus
- Genus
- Cosmos
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Cultivated
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- Central America
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Mizoram, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Haryana, Puducherry, Goa, Bihar, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Rajasthan, Tripura, Chandigarh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Punjab
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- OppositerecordedTwo leaves arise from the stem at the same point, facing each other.“Its foliage is opposite and pinnately divided.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf type
- Pinnately compoundrecordedLeaflets are arranged in rows along a central stalk, like a feather.“Its foliage is opposite and pinnately divided.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Manga Poovu itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Pinkrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Head
- Fruit
- Achene
Characters marked “recorded” are for Manga Poovu itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Bengali
- কসমস সালফিউরিয়াস
- Malayalam
- മാങ്ങാനാറി, Cosmos sulphureus, Manga Poovu
About Manga Poovu
Yellow Cosmos (Cosmos sulphureus) is a herb in the Asteraceae family. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and 27 other states. It is cultivated. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Uses
In practice it is grown for parts that are eaten and a source of dye or tannin.
Asteraceae
Daisy/Sunflower family
Manga Poovu belongs to the Asteraceae family.
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