About Vernonia arborea
Strobocalyx arborea, formerly widely known by the synonym Vernonia arborea, is a species of mid-level rainforest tree in the Composite, or Daisy family Asteraceae, that is found from the Western Ghats of India and Sri Lanka, east to the East Indies and New Guinea. This tree, and Brachylaena, are contenders for the tallest of all composite trees ("daisy trees"); plants on Sumatra (formerly distinguished as V. a. var. pilifera; locally called Maremboeng) reaching a height of 36 m (118 ft), and plants from Java (formerly distinguished as V. a. var. javanica; locally called Semboeng Kebo) can be almost as tall, to 34 m (112 ft), and at up to 104 cm (41 in) trunk diameter, is the most massive of all composites.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Vernonia arborea
- Genus
- Vernonia
- Family
- ASTERACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- On hills above 1200m in sholas and Evergreen forests
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Indo-Malesia, Java, Myanmar, China, Philippines
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-May
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Asteraceae
Daisy/Sunflower family
Vernonia arborea belongs to the Asteraceae family.
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