EPPO Global Database

Wollastonia biflora(WEDBI)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: WEDBI
  • Preferred name: Wollastonia biflora
  • Authority: (Linnaeus) de Candolle

Notes

India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malesia (Malaya, Philippines, Java), China (including Taiwan, Tibet), Japan (Kyushu,  Ryukyu islands), Africa (Mozambique), Australia (North, Queensland, New South Wales). Cultivated as an ornamental and used medicinally


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Melanthera biflora (Linnaeus) Wild
Verbesina biflora Linnaeus
Wedelia biflora (Linnaeus) de Candolle

Common names
Name Language
beach sunflower English
wedelia English (US)
hierba de maluco Spanish
kidachi-hama-guruma Japanese
キダチハマグルマ Japanese
мелантера двуцветковая Russian
luán huā jú Chinese
孪花菊 Chinese
serunai laut Indonesian