Hedyotis trinervia (Retz.) Roem. & Schult.

 
  • Family : RUBIACEAE
    (COFFEE FAMILY OR MADDER FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Rubiaceae
  • Species : Hedyotis trinervia
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Oldenlandia trinervia Retz.
  • Key identification features : A prostrate herb, rooting at nodes. Leaves are ovate to orbiculate, basally 3-nerved. Flowers are minute, white, shortly pedicelled. Capsule is globose, didymous, hairy, opening at the top.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Flower, Fruit : August-May
  • Comments : Rare in moist borders of marooned fallow fields.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Kambakkam Hills (Chittoor district) (Andhra Pradesh State); Cuttack district, Puri district (Odisha State)
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
  • 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 trinervia. Downloaded on 28 September 2024.

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