Sopubia delphiniifolia (L.) G.Don

 
  • Family : SCROPHULARIACEAE
    (FIGWORT FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Plantaginaceae
  • Species : Sopubia delphiniifolia
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved
  • Common name : Common Sopubia
  • Vernacular name : Edinta jada (Tel.)
  • Key identification features : An erect herb with grooved stem. Leaves are opposite, long, linear and needle-like. Flowers are many, axillary, solitary or in a few-flowered inflorescence. Corolla is trumpet-shaped with the free lobes spreading (up to 2.5 cm). Fruit is an oblong capsule (6-8 mm).
  • Habit : Undershrub
  • Flower, Fruit : September-December
  • Comments : On plains to the floor of scrub jungles, on hills to 1600 m and especially on thin layer of soil by rocks.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Kolar district (Karnataka State); Alagar Hills (Madurai district), Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills (Salem district), Kalrayan Hills (Salem district), Pachamalai Hills (Tiruchirapalli district), Bodamalai Hills (Salem district), Chitteri Hills (Dharmapuri district), Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Yelagiri Hills (Vellore district, former North Arcot), Dharmapuri Hills (Dharmapuri district), Piranmalai Hills (Sivagangai district), Theerthamalai Hills (Dharmapuri district), Gingee Hill (Villupuram district), Javadhu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district, former North Arcot) (Tamil Nadu State); Horsley Hills (Chittoor district), Srikakulam district, Palakonda Hills (Kadapa district), Anantapur district, Rampa Hills (East Godavari district), Kurnool district (Andhra Pradesh State); Ganjam district, Koraput district (Odisha State)
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2 ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
  • 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=Sopubia delphiniifolia. Downloaded on 27 June 2024.

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