• Family : BALANOPHORACEAE
  (Balanophora Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : BALANOPHORA FAMILY
• Family (as per The APG System III) : BALANOPHORACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Balanophora polyandra Griff.
• Habit : Parasite
• Habitat : Evergreen forests
• Comments / notes : Root parasitic herb
• Flower, Fruit : September-October
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Nellore district
  • Karnataka : Mysuru district
  • Odisha : Ganjam district, Keonjhar district
• World Distribution : India
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Balanophora polyandra. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.

Botanical Description

Field Image(s)