Pilabhangara / Chinese Wedelia
Wedelia chinensis
- Habit
- Herb
- Native to
- South & Southeast Asia
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Pilabhangara
Identify Pilabhangara 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: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- Confirm it sits within the Asteraceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Pilabhangara.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Wedelia chinensis
- Genus
- Wedelia
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Native to
- South & Southeast Asia
- Distribution
- India, Malaysia, China
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Pilabhangara 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 Pilabhangara itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- पीला भंगरा Pilabhangara, Bhanra
- Marathi
- पिवला भंगरा Pivala-Bhangra
- Tamil
- Manjalkarilamkanni, Patalai kayyantakarai
- Malayalam
- Mannakkannunni
- Telugu
- Guntagalagara
- Kannada
- Gargari, Kalsarji
- Bengali
- Bhimra
- Konkani
- Birimgarsi
- Sanskrit
- पीतभ्रंग Pitabhrnga, Pitabhrngarajah
About Pilabhangara
A member of the Asteraceae family, Chinese Wedelia (Wedelia chinensis) is a herb. It is native to South & Southeast Asia. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Asteraceae
Daisy/Sunflower family
Pilabhangara belongs to the Asteraceae family.
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