Gynura bicolor
Red Vegetable, Velvetplant
Also known as: Cacalia angulosa Wall. +11 more
- Cacalia angulosa Wall.
- Cacalia bicolor Roxb.
- Cacalia bicolor Roxb. ex Willd.
- Gynura angulosa subsp. angulosa
- Gynura angulosa subsp. petiolata Hook.f.
- Gynura angulosa var. angulosa
- Gynura angulosa var. petiolata Hook.fil.
- Gynura auriculata var. puberula DC.
- Gynura cusimbua var. petiolata (Hook.fil.) R.Mathur
- Senecio bicolor Sch.Bip., 1867
- Senecio moluccanus Roxb.
- Senecio punduahensis Sch.Bip.
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Asteraceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a subshrub.
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Gynura bicolor (commonly known as Red-Vegetable or Velvetplant) is a shrub within the Asteraceae family. It originates in Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, and the Pacific. In its natural range, this species typically occurs in subtropical conditions.
Macro Climate
Subtropical
Plant Type
Shrub
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
ASIA-TEMPERATE, ASIA-TROPICAL, PACIFIC
Regions (WGSRPD)
China, Eastern Asia, Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China, Northwestern Pacific
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Assam, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand, West Himalaya
Introduced Range
An “Introduced” distribution indicates that the plant is recorded outside its native range in that region as a result of deliberate or accidental human introduction. Introduced records may include casual, naturalized or invasive populations, but do not include plants that are only cultivated or planted without self-sustaining populations.
Botanical Countries (Non-Native)
Japan, Nansei-shoto