- Family : CLUSIACEAE
(GARCINIA or COCUM FAMILY)
- Family (as per The Plant List) : Hypericaceae
- Species : Hypericum japonicum
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Hypericum japonicum Thunb.
- Vernacular name : Gunta Chamanthi (Tel.)
- Habit : Herb
- Flower, Fruit : November-June
- Comments : Occasional in Eastern Ghats in moist forests and marshy places. Dry leaf is used to hasten healing of bone fracture. (Franklin & Murthy, 2013)
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Distribution Locality : Araku Hills (Visakhapatnam district), Tirumala Hills (Chittoor district) (Andhra Pradesh State); Shevaroy Hills (Salem district) (Tamil Nadu State); Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district), Koraput district, Ganjam district, Sambalpur district (Odisha State)
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Himalayas, Myanmar, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, South Korea, South-East China, Hawaii, Malesia
- Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; 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.
- 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=Hypericum japonicum. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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