Vernonia arborea is a species of medium-sized flowering plant in the aster family that is found in Western Ghats of India and Sri Lanka[2] and is also widespread in the East Indies. It is the tallest of all composite trees ("daisy trees") with the variety V. a. pilifera (called Maremboeng) of Sumatra reaching a height of 117 feet (36 meters).Another variety, V. a. javanica of Java (called Semboeng Kebo) almost as tall (111 feet, or 34 meters) is up to 3ft 5in (104 centimeters) thick: The most massive of all composits.[3] It is used as a fungicide.[4]

Vernonia arborea
Leaves and flowers
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Vernonia
Species:	V. arborea
Binomial name
Vernonia arborea Buch.-Ham.
Synonyms[1]
Conyza acuminata Wall. [Invalid] Flustula tomentosa Raf. [Illegitimate] Gymnanthemum acuminatum Steetz Leucomeris glabra Blume ex DC. [Invalid] Leucomeris javanica Blume ex DC. [Invalid] Vernonia arborea var. arborea Vernonia arborea var. blumeana (DC.) Koord. & Valeton Vernonia arborea var. glabra Koord. & Valeton Vernonia blumeana DC Vernonia florescens Elmer Vernonia urdanetense Elmer Vernonia vaniotii H.Lév. Vernonia wallichii Ridl.

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External links

• Asian plants
• Manjunatha, BK; Vidya, SM; Rashmi, KV; Mankani, KL; Shilpa, HJ; Singh, S Djagadeesh (2005). "Evaluation of wound-healing potency of Vernonia arborea Hk". Indian Journal of Pharmacology. 37 (4): 223–6. doi:10.4103/0253-7613.16567.
• Flowers of India

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