Parda Bel / Curtain Plant
Vernonia elaeagnifolia
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, West Bengal
- Flowering
- January-March
How to identify Parda Bel
Identify Parda Bel by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a climbing shrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Curtain-like trailing climber.
- Confirm leaf surface: Pubescent (softly hairy).
- Confirm flower colour: Purple.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: January-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, West Bengal.
- Confirm it sits within the Asteraceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Parda Bel.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Vernonia elaeagnifolia
- Genus
- Vernonia
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Native to
- Indo-Burma
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-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 Parda Bel 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 Parda Bel itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Parda bel पर्दा बेल
About Parda Bel
A member of the Asteraceae family, Curtain Plant (Vernonia elaeagnifolia) is a climbing shrub. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. Flowering and fruiting run from January to March.
Asteraceae
Daisy/Sunflower family
Parda Bel belongs to the Asteraceae family.
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