Cleome gynandra L.

 
  • Family : CAPPARACEAE
    (Caper Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KARIL FAMILY (करील फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : CLEOMACEAE
  • Synonym(s) : Gynandropsis gynandra (L.) Briq.; Gynandropsis pentaphylla (L.) DC.; Cleome pentaphylla L.
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cleome gynandra L.
  • Common name : Spider Flower
  • Vernacular name : Karaila, Arkashuli, Hulul, Churota, Gandhuli (Hindi); Sirikala gida, Ajaganda (Kannada); Vaminta, Vainta, Velakura (Telugu); Arakasajo (Oria); Arkapushpi (Sanskrit); Pandhri-tilwan (Marathi); Nallavellai (Tamil); Arkapushpi (Sanskrit)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Weed of waste places and cultivated fields
  • Comments / notes : Common
  • Flower, Fruit : May-April
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : All districts of Andhra Pradesh
    • Karnataka : Kolar district, Ballari district
    • Kerala : Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Maharashtra : All districts in deciduous forests and waste places
    • Odisha : All districts of Odisha
    • Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, New world tropics
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; 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; N.P. Sing & S. Karthikeyan 2000. Flora of Maharashtra vol 1. Botanical survey of India, Govt. India; 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=Cleome gynandra. Downloaded on 3 April 2025.

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