• Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
  (Spurge Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : EUPHORBIACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Chrozophora plicata (Vahl) A.Juss. ex Spreng.
• Vernacular name : Lingameriyam (Telugu)
• Habit : Herb
• Comments / notes : Common in waste lands
• Flower, Fruit : July-May
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : East Godavari district, Krishna district, Kurnool district
  • Telangana : Hyderabad Urban district
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Odisha : Kalhandi district, Jajpur district, Bargarh district, Ganjam district
• Native : India
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India
• 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=Chrozophora prostrata. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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