✿Asteraceae · Vernonia
Vernonia monosis
Treeoutdoor
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu & more
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Vernonia monosis
- Genus
- Vernonia
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Telangana, Jammu & Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Goa, Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Mizoram, Manipur, Ladakh, Nagaland, Haryana, Puducherry, Jharkhand, Tripura, Chandigarh
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Vernonia monosis 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 Vernonia monosis itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- ऐस्टरेसिए
- Tamil
- சூரியகாந்திக் குடும்பம்
- Telugu
- ఆస్టరేసి
- Malayalam
- ആസ്റ്റ്രേസീ
- Urdu
- تارا پھول
About Vernonia monosis
A member of the Asteraceae family, Vernonia monosis is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and 30 other states.

Botanical family
Asteraceae
Daisy/Sunflower family
Vernonia monosis belongs to the Asteraceae family.
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