Ludwigia octovalvis (Jacq.) Raven

 
  • Family : ONAGRACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Onagraceae
  • Species : Ludwigia octovalvis
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Ludwigia octovalvis (Jacq.) P.H.Raven
  • Common name : Primrose Willow
  • Vernacular name : Bhulavangah (San.); Banlumga (Hin.); Bavakula (Kan.)
  • Collection Nos : KFP 3732; HJCB-163
  • Collector(s) Name : Saldanha & P. Prakash; Raja K. Swamy & Arun Singh
  • Key identification features : An erect herb with woody branched stem. Leaves are alternate, linear-lanceolate to elliptic. Flowers are solitary, axillary, up to 2.5 cm. Calyx is quadrangular. Petals 4, broadly obovate. Capsules quadrangular, 8-ribbed, crowned with persistent calyx lobes.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Native : Pantropics
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Collection Locality : Londa-Supa road (Belgaum); Purlehalli (Hassan)
  • Distribution Locality : Belgaum, Bidar, Chikamagalur, Dakshina Kannada, Davanagere, Hassan, Kodagu, Mysore, Shimoga, Tumkur, Uttara Kannada
  • Floras referred : Saldanha, 1996; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere

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