Gymnanthemum extensum

Gymnanthemum extensum (Wall. ex DC.) Steetz (syn: Cacalia extensa (Wall. ex DC.) Kuntze; Conyza extensa Wall.; Eupatorium rufum Spreng. ex DC.; Gymnanthemum cylindriceps (C.B.Cl.) H.Robinson; Vernonia cylindriceps C.B.Cl.; Vernonia extensa Wall. ex DC.; Vernonia subarborea Vaniot);

India (Sikkim, Darjeeling, Assam, Manipur), China (Yunnan, Guizhou), Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar [Burma] (Chin, Kachin, Sagaing, Shan), Bangladesh as per Catalogue of Life;

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Attaching few images of a small tree with white fragrant flowers.
Can someone identify please ?

It is a member of Asteraceae

It is very close to Vernonia esculenta

Was it cultivated or wild.

If cultivated, pl. check Gymnanthemum amygdalinum (Delile) Sch. Bip. as per comparative images at Vernonieae‎ and as per details at Vernonia

If it is wild, Vernonia extensa is a synonym of Gymnanthemum extensum (Wall. ex DC.) Steetz in checklist of Nepal.

Pl. check

Flora of China FoC illustration Specimen in GBIF Biodiversity of Bhutan Catalogue of life (India (Sikkim, Darjeeling, Assam, Manipur), China (Yunnan, Guizhou), Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar [Burma] (Chin, Kachin, Sagaing, Shan), Bangladesh)
Strobocalyx esculenta (Hemsl.) H.Rob., S.C.Keeley, Skvarla & R.Chan (syn: Vernonia esculenta Hemsl.) is not reported from India

Thank you … It’s not cultivated. … has identified it as vernonia esculenta.

Strobocalyx esculenta (Hemsl.) H.Rob., S.C.Keeley, Skvarla & R.Chan (syn: Vernonia esculenta Hemsl.) is not reported from India.