Bandar / Mountain Vernonia
Vernonia divergens
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Manipur
- Flowering
- November-May
How to identify Bandar
Identify Bandar by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Confirm leaf surface: Pubescent (softly hairy).
- Confirm flower colour: Purple.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: November-May.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Manipur.
- Confirm it sits within the Asteraceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Bandar.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Vernonia divergens
- Genus
- Vernonia
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous forests and shola borders
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- Indo-Malay
- Distribution
- India, Malay Peninsula, Myanmar
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Manipur
- Flowering & fruiting
- November-May
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bandar itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Head
- Fruit
- Achene
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bandar itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Marathi
- बंदर Bandar
About Bandar
Mountain Vernonia (Vernonia divergens) belongs to the Asteraceae family, where it grows as a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka and Manipur. It grows in moist deciduous forests and shola borders. Flowering and fruiting run from November to May.
Asteraceae
Daisy/Sunflower family
Bandar belongs to the Asteraceae family.
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