EPPO Global Database

• EPPO Code: GOMGL
• Preferred name: Gomphrena globosa
• Authority: Linnaeus

Mexico, Central America, South America (northern to Bolivia and Brazil). Widely cultivated as an ornamental. Introduced in Central Asia (Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan), Western Asia (Pakistan), Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malesia, China, Japan, Korea, Sénégal, Guinée, Nigeria, Tchad, Cameroon to Zaïre and Somalia, Angola to Mozambique, USA (southern and eastern), Caribbean, New Guinea, Australia (Western, Northern, Queensland, New South Wales)