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Melanthera biflora

Melanthera biflora
Melanthera biflora kidatihamaguruma01.jpg

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Heliantheae
Genus: Melanthera
Species: M. biflora
Binomial name
Melanthera biflora
(L.) Wild.
Synonyms
  • Acmella biflora (L.) Spreng.
  • Adenostemma biflorum (L.) Less.
  • Buphthalmum australe Spreng.
  • Eclipta scabriuscula Wall.
  • Niebuhria biflora (L.) Britten
  • Seruneum biflorum (L.) Kuntze
  • Spilanthes peregrina Blanco
  • Stemmodontia biflora (L.)
  • Stemmodontia canescens (Gaudich.)
  • Verbesina aquatilis Burm.
  • Verbesina argentea Gaudich.
  • Verbesina biflora L.
  • Verbesina canescens Gaudich.
  • Verbesina strigulosa Gaudich.
  • Wedelia argentea (Gaudich.) Merr.
  • Wedelia biflora (L.) DC.
  • Wedelia canescens (Gaudich.) Merr.
  • Wedelia chamissonis Less.
  • Wedelia glabrata (DC.) Boerl.
  • Wedelia rechingeriana Muschl.
  • Wedelia strigulosa (Gaudich.) K.Schum.
  • Wedelia tiliifolia Rechinger & Muschl.
  • Wollastonia biflora (L.) DC.
  • Wollastonia canescens DC.
  • Wollastonia glabrata DC.
  • Wollastonia insularis DC.
  • Wollastonia scabriuscula DC. ex Decne.
  • Wollastonia strigulosa (Gaudich.)
  • Wollastonia zanzibarensis DC.

Melanthera biflora, also known as sea daisy, beach daisy and sea ox-eye, (Hindi: Bhringaraaja; Malay: Serunai laut, Pokok serunai; Fijian: Kovekove, Sekava; Maldivian: Mirihi; Samoan: Ateate; Thai: เบญจมาศน้ำเค็ม or ผักคราดทะเล;Tongan: Ate), is a species of flowering plant in the aster family. It is a scandent, rough-looking and fast-growing plant with a wide distribution.

Melanthera biflora is a moderately salt-tolerant plant found in the tropical belt of the Indo-Pacific region, including China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Queensland, and islands of the Pacific such as Fiji, Niue, Tonga, Samoa and the Cook Islands.

It is found commonly in islands and in coastal areas, although it sometimes occurs inland in neglected and unmanaged plantations as well as in ruderal environments.

Together with Portulaca oleracea, Ipomoea pes-caprae and Digitaria ciliaris, Melanthera biflora is usually one of the first species colonizing degraded or altered environments in tropical zones of the planet.


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