- Family : BEGONIACEAE
(Begonia Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : PATTHARCHATTA FAMILY (पत्थरचट्टा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : BEGONIACEAE
- Synonym(s) : Begonia fallax A.DC.
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Begonia malabarica Lam.
- Vernacular name : Senthandu, Sengurungu (Tamil); Kalpuli, Janaamkolli, Kayyalapulian, Malayamkizhangu, Minukki, Muthalaminuki (Malayalam)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Comments / notes : On hills above 800m in deep shade along ravines, crevices of rocks and fast flowing water in evergreen and semi-evergreen forests
- Flower, Fruit : August-April
- Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy & Noel Sebastian
- Collection Date : 13-1-2019
- Collection Nos : HJCB-2280
- Collection Locality : Mancholai, Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : East Godavari district, Kadapa district, Chittoor district, Srikakulam district
- Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district
- Tamil Nadu : Namakkal district, Tiruvannamalai district, Vellore district, Tirunelveli district
- Native : India, Sri Lanka
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Herbarium specimen from Mancholai, Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu
- 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=Begonia malabarica. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.
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