• 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 3 April 2025.

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