Akurkurra / Garland Daisy
Glebionis coronaria
- Found in India
- Madhya Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Delhi & more
How to identify Akurkurra
Identify Akurkurra by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In India, compare location records such as Madhya Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Delhi, Punjab and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Asteraceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Akurkurra.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Glebionis coronaria
- Genus
- Glebionis
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Found in India
- Madhya Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Delhi, Punjab, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Ladakh, Uttarakhand
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Akurkurra itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Head
- Fruit
- Achene
Characters marked “recorded” are for Akurkurra itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- akurkurra, gulchini, guldaudi
- Kannada
- hale
- Marathi
- akura kara, gavanashevathi, gulacheeni, gulesevathi
- Sanskrit
- chandra-mallika, chandramallika
- Tamil
- kupotakacceti, kupotakam, mancalcamanti, mancamanti
- Telugu
- chamanthi
- Urdu
- gul seoti, gul-i-seoti
- Nepali
- गोदावरी Godaavari
- Manipuri
- ꯆꯟꯗ꯭ꯔꯃꯨꯈꯤ Chandramukhi
About Akurkurra
Garland Daisy (Glebionis coronaria) is a species in the Asteraceae family. In India it has been recorded in Madhya Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Delhi and 7 other states.
Uses
In practice it is grown for parts that are eaten.
In culture
It turns up in ritual and festival use.
Asteraceae
Daisy/Sunflower family
Akurkurra belongs to the Asteraceae family.
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