Hybanthus enneaspermus (L.) F.V.Muell.

 
  • Family : VIOLACEAE
    (VIOLET FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Violaceae
  • Species : Hybanthus enneaspermus
  • Basionym : Viola enneasperma L.
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Hybanthus enneaspermus (L.) F.Muell.
  • Vernacular name : Ratan purush (Hin.); Purusharathna, Ratna purusha (Kan.); Orilai thamarai, Orithal-thamarai (Tam.); Nilakobari, Ratnapurusha (Tel.); Madan mastak, Madan mast (Ori.)
  • Collection Nos : HJCB-E-300
  • Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh R., K.R.K.Swamy & K.Sankara Rao
  • Collection Date : 26/11/15
  • Collection Locality : Koundinya Wildlife Sanctuary, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh State
  • Habitat : Open deciduous forest
  • Habit : Herb
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the Year
  • Comments : Common in dry stony hills, across plains and waste places in Eastern Ghats. Plant is highly polymorphic and a number of varieties are recognized. Whole plant is used as an aphrodisiac, diuretic and demulcent. Fruit is used in scorpion sting. (Franklin & Murthy, 2013)
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Throughout Eastern Ghats
  • World Distribution : Africa, Madagascar, India, Sri Lanka, China, Hainan, New Guinea, Tropical Australia
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1 ; 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; Franklin Benjamin & G.V.S.Murthy, 2013. Flora of Sri Venkateswara National Park, Andhra Pradesh, BSI.; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.; Naidu, M.T, O.A. Kumar & M. Venkaiah (2015). Vascular plant diversity in the sacred grove of Modapalli in Viskhapatnam District of Andhra Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 7(10): 7683-7690
  • 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=Hybanthus enneaspermus. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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