- Family : CAPPARACEAE
(Caper Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : KARIL FAMILY (करील फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : CLEOMACEAE
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cleome felina L.f.
- Vernacular name : Swarnakshira (Sanskrit)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Scrub forests and fallow lands
- Comments / notes : Common
- Key identification features : Erect much branched herb
- Flower, Fruit : May-December
- Collector(s) Name : S.R. Ramesh, B.R. Ramush
- Collection Date : 16/11/1979
- Collection Nos : KFP 10442
- Collection Locality : Toranagalu, Bellary distrct (KA)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Kadapa district, Kurnool district, Guntur district
- Karnataka : Ballari district
- Maharashtra : Chandrapur district, Pune district, Thane district
- Tamil Nadu : Tiruvannamalai district, Vellore district, Coimbatore district, Dharmapuri district, Madurai district, Ramanathapuram district, Salem district, Villipuram district, Cuddalore district, Tiruchirapalli district
- Endemism : Peninsular India
- World Distribution : India
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; Franklin Benjamin & G.V.S.Murthy, 2013. Flora of Sri Venkateswara National Park, Andhra Pradesh, BSI.; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
- 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=Cleome felina. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.
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