''Vernonia arborea'' is a species of mid-level rainforest tree in the Asteraceae, aster family (Asteraceae, or Compositae) that is found in Western Ghats of India and Sri Lanka and is also widespread in the East Indies. It is the tallest of all composite trees ("daisy trees") with the variety V. a. pilifera (called ''Maremboeng'') of Sumatra reaching a height of . Another variety, V. a. javanica of Java (called ''Semboeng Kebo'') almost as tall (111 feet, or 34 meters) is up to 3 ft 5 in (104 centimeters) thick: The most massive of all composites. Its leaves contain a fungicide.
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Asian plants*
Vernonia, arborea
Flora of tropical Asia
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