• Family : RUBIACEAE
  (COFFEE FAMILY OR MADDER FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Rubiaceae
• Species : Hedyotis corymbosa
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Oldenlandia corymbosa L.
• Common name : Flattop Nille Grass
• Vernacular name : Daman pappar, Pitpapra (Hin.); Kora panthi, Parpata hullu (Kan.); Impura (Tam.); Verinellavemu (Tel.); Gharpodia, Charpodia, Jarjati (Ori.); Parpata (San.)
• Collection Nos : HJCB-E-0198
• Collector(s) Name : K.R.K.Swamy & Arun Singh R.
• Collection Date : 13/09/14
• Collection Locality : Toppur-Melpatti road, Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu State
• Habitat : Scrub forest
• Key identification features : An erect herb. Leaves are linear or linear-lanceolate. Flowers are white, in axillary pedunculate corymbs. Capsule is globose or obovoid, didymous, opening at the apex.
• Habit : Herb
• Flower, Fruit : June-January
• Comments : Occasional in plains to 1500 m where it is reddish and a ready colonizer.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Throughout Eastern Ghats
• World Distribution : Pantropical
• Literature : J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
• 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=Hedyotis corymbosa. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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