Alternanthera tenella Colla

 
  • Family : AMARANTHACEAE
    (AMARANTH FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Amaranthaceae
  • Species : Alternanthera tenella
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Alternanthera tenella Colla
  • Common name : Kalico Plant
  • Collection Nos : HJCB-0564
  • Collector(s) Name : K.Sankara Rao & Malathi K.Rao
  • Collection Date : 27/02/16
  • Collection Locality : Bhubaneswar, Khurda district, Odisha State
  • Habit : Herb
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the Year
  • Native : Brazil
  • Comments : Occasional weed in wasteland and along roadsides.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Nigiri R.F. (Ananthapur district), Kadapa district (Andhra Pradesh State); Khurda district (Odisha State)
  • World Distribution : Brazil; Spread to the Old World tropics
  • Literature : Pullaiah, T. & Karuppusamy, S., 2008. Flora of Andhra Pradesh. Vol. 5.
  • 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=Alternanthera tenella. Downloaded on 29 January 2025.

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