• Family : BALSAMINACEAE
  (Balsam Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : GUL-MEHNDI FAMILY (गुलमेंहदी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : BALSAMINACEAE
• Basionym : Impatiens triflora L.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Hydrocera triflora (L.) Wight & Arn.
• Vernacular name : Jalgaura (Oria)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Moist localities in the plains
• Flower, Fruit : June-November
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Nellore district
  • Kerala : Wayanad district, Ernakulam district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district
  • Odisha : Cuttack district, Khurda district
  • Tamil Nadu : Thanjavur district
• Native : Indo-China
• World Distribution : Indo-Malesia, India
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• 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=Hydrocera triflora. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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