Paederia foetida L.

 
  • Family : RUBIACEAE
    (COFFEE FAMILY OR MADDER FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Rubiaceae
  • Species : Paederia foetida
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Paederia foetida L.
  • Vernacular name : Gandhali, Parasaruni (Hin.); Savirela (Tel.); Gandhali, Prasaruni (Ori.)
  • Key identification features : Leaves when crushed emits a foul/ foetid smell.
  • Habit : Climbing Shrub
  • Flower, Fruit : August-December
  • Native : Himalayas
  • Comments : Occasional in mixed forests on hills of northern Eastern Ghats.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Sunkarimetta Hills, Araku valley (Visakhapatnam district) (Andhra Pradesh State); Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district), Angul district (Odisha State)
  • World Distribution : India, Andaman & Nicobar Islands (India), Nepal, Bangladesh, China, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Malaysia, Borneo, Philippines, Taiwan
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2 ; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa
  • 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=Paederia foetida. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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