• Family : FABACEAE
  (PEA OR BEAN FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Leguminosae
• Subfamily : Mimosoideae
• Species : Neptunia oleracea
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Neptunia oleracea Lour.
• Common name : Sensitive water plant
• Vernacular name : Lajjalu (Hin.); Nidrayam (Kan.); Sundaikeerai (Tam.); Niru thalavapu, Nidrayam (Tel.); Alambusha (San.)
• Habit : Herb
• Flower, Fruit : January-July
• Comments : On plains, in still waters, sometimes gregarious in tanks and stagnant water courses on hills of Eastern Ghats.
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• Distribution Locality : Tiruchirapalli district, Salem district, Javadhu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district, former North Arcot) (Tamil Nadu State); Chandragiri hills (Chittoor district), West Godavari district, Srikakulam district (Andhra Pradesh State); Parlakhemundi Hills (Gajapati district), Ganjam district, Cuttack district, Balasore district (Odisha State)
• World Distribution : Tropics of the World
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Neptunia oleracea. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.

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