Bichhloo / Golden Daisy
Pentanema indicum
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- September-March
How to identify Bichhloo
Identify Bichhloo 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: Pubescent (softly hairy).
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: September-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Asteraceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Bichhloo.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Pentanema indicum
- Genus
- Pentanema
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Degraded forests, also in the plains
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, China, Thailand, West tropical Africa, Pakistan, Myanmar, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bichhloo 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 Bichhloo itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- बिछलू Bichhloo
- Kannada
- ಮೂಗುತಿಸೊಪ್ಪು Moogutisoppu, ಸೋನಾಖಡಿ Sonaakhadi
- Marathi
- सोनकाडी Sonkadi
- Nepali
- पहेँलो झुरझुरी Pahenlo Jhurajhuree, कैले झार Kaile Jhaar
- Odia
- Bana sebati
About Bichhloo
Golden Daisy (Pentanema indicum) is a herb in the Asteraceae family. In India it has been recorded in Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and 5 other states. It grows in degraded forests, also in the plains. Flowering and fruiting run from September to March.
Asteraceae
Daisy/Sunflower family
Bichhloo belongs to the Asteraceae family.
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