Herbarium JCB

Polygala elongata Klein ex Willd.

Family : POLYGALACEAE
(MILKWORT FAMILY)
Family (as per The Plant List) : Polygalaceae
Species : Polygala elongata
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved
Collection Nos : HJCB-0059
Collector(s) Name : K.Sankara Rao, K.R.K.Swamy, Arun Singh R. & Siddharth.S
Collection Date : 25/10/2014
Collection Locality : K.P.Dam, Tirumala Hills, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh State
Habitat : Open deciduous forest
Key identification features : An erect herb. Leaves are linear, elliptic-lanceolate and hairy. Flowers are about 1.5 cm across and are usually in terminal racemes. Fruit is a rhomboidal capsule.
Habit : Herb
Flower, Fruit : Throughout the Year
Comments : Common on open hill slopes among crevices of rocks. Root extracts are used in native medicine.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Bellary district (Karnataka State); Yelagiri Hills, Tippukadu RF (Vellore district, former North Arcot), Alagar Hills (Madurai district), Dharmapuri district (Tamil Nadu State); Tirumala Hills (Chittoor district), Araku Hills (Visakhapatnam district), Nallamalai Hills (Kurnool district), Udayagiri Hills (Nellore district) (Andhra Pradesh State); Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district) Koraput district, Kalahandi district, Rayagadha district (Odisha State)
World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Malesia
Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1 ; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Franklin Benjamin & G.V.S.Murthy, 2013. Flora of Sri Venkateswara National Park, Andhra Pradesh, BSI.
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=Polygala elongata. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.