Summary[
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Asteraceae (aster, daisy, or sunflower family) »
Elephantopus scaber el-eh-fun-TOE-pus -- elephant's foot SKAB-er or SKAY-ber -- rough commonly known as: false tobacco, prickly-leaved elephant’s foot • Bengali: হস্তী পাদ hasti pada • Hindi: अधोमुख adhomukha, बन तम्बाखू ban-tambakhu, गोभी gobhi • Kannada: ಆನೆಕಾಲು ಗಿಡ aanekaalu gida, ಹಸ್ತಿ ಪಾದ hasti pada • Konkani: hakkarike • Malayalam: ആനച്ചുവടി aanaccuvati • Marathi: हस्तीपात hastipata, पातरी OR पाथरी pathari • Nepalese: सहस्त्र बुटि sahasra buti • Oriya: mayurachula • Sanskrit: अधपातः adhapata, गोजिह्वा gojihva OR गोजिव्हा gojivha, खरपर्णिनी kharaparnini, प्रस्तरिणी prastarini • Tamil: யானைச்சுவடி yanai-c-cuvati • Telugu: ఎద్దుపట్టు eddupattu • Urdu: گوبهی gobhi Native of: tropical Africa, India, Malaysia, Japan, n Australia; naturalized pantropically References:
Flowers of India •
globinmed •
PIER •
NPGS / GRIN •
DDSA •
ENVIS - FRLHT. Date: 18 October 2008, 13:29. Source:
Elephantopus scaber. Author:
Dinesh Valke from Thane, India.