Common name: Pink Node Flower • Marathi: काळा माका Kala Maka • Nepali: थुक झार Thuk Jhaar • Telugu: Erra gobbi, Thella jiluga • Nepali: गलफुले Galafule, फलेबा Falebaa
Botanical name:Caesulia axillarisFamily:Asteraceae (Sunflower family) Synonyms: Meyera orientalis
Pink Node Flower is an erect annual herb, 15-50 cm tall. Stem is stout,
pink, succulent, swollen at nodes. Alternately arranged stalkless leaves
4-15 cm long, lanceshaped, pointed, distantly toothed, narrow at base.
Stalkless flowers-heads, 1-2 cm across, are borne in leaf axils. Flowers
are white, tubular with 5 linear petals. Pink Node Flower is found in moist
places on the Coromandel Coast, common in rice fields. It is also found in
the Himalayas, at altitudes of 150-1500 m. Flowering: All year.