About Prickly leaved Elephant's foot
Elephantopus scaber is a tropical species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to tropical Africa, Eastern Asia, Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and northern Australia. It has become naturalized in tropical Africa and Latin America. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Elephantopus scaber
- Genus
- Elephantopus
- Family
- ASTERACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Distribution
- Sri Lanka to Himalayas, Myanmar, Indo-China, China, Malay peninsula, Australia, Malaysia, Tropical Africa
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- Samdudri, बन तम्बाखू Ban-tambakhu
- Nepali
- सहस्र बुटी Sahastra Buti, छत्रे Chhatre, मुला पाते Mula Pate
- Bengali
- হস্ী পদ Hasti pod
- Tamil
- Anashovadi, யானைச்சுவடி
- Telugu
- Enugabira, Eddumalikechettu
- Kannada
- ಹಕ್ಕರಿಕೆ Hakkarike, ನೆಲಮುಚ್ಚಿಲು Nela mucchilu, ನೆಲಮುಚ್ಚಳಿಕೆ Nela mucchalike
- Malayalam
- Anayatiyan, ആനച്ചുവടി, Elephantopus scaber
- Marathi
- हस्तीपात Hastipata, हस्तीपात
Botanical family
Asteraceae
Daisy/Sunflower family
Prickly leaved Elephant's foot belongs to the Asteraceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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