Anikale Jhar / Red-Flower Rageleaf
Crassocephalum crepidioides
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- September-May
How to identify Anikale Jhar
Identify Anikale Jhar 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 surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: Orange.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: September-May.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Asteraceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Anikale Jhar.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Crassocephalum crepidioides
- Genus
- Crassocephalum
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- In open forests, forest edges and in gardens
- Habitat type
- Forest, Cultivated
- Native to
- Africa
- Distribution
- Pantropical
- Found in India
- Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Assam, Mizoram, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Andhra Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Puducherry, Tripura
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-May
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Anikale Jhar itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Orangerecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Head
- Fruit
- Achene
Characters marked “recorded” are for Anikale Jhar itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Nepali
- अनिकाले झार Anikale jhar
- Malayalam
- അപ്പൂപ്പൻതാടി
About Anikale Jhar
A member of the Asteraceae family, Red-flower Rageleaf (Crassocephalum crepidioides) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and 19 other states. It grows in in open forests, forest edges and in gardens. Flowering and fruiting run from September to May.
Asteraceae
Daisy/Sunflower family
Anikale Jhar belongs to the Asteraceae family.
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