Herbarium JCB

Zornia gibbosa Spanoghe

Family : FABACEAE
(Pea Or Bean Family)
Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : LEGUMINOSAE
Subfamily : Faboideae
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Zornia gibbosa Span.
Vernacular name : Pori karappaan thalai (Tamil); Landgu (Marathi); Tandijajpani, Birmoch (Hindi); Kozhuppa, Murikutti (Malayalam)
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Scrub jungles, degraded forests and in plains up to 1400 m
Key identification features : Much branched annual herb
Flower, Fruit : August-January
Collector(s) Name : Raja K.Swamy, Arun Singh R & K.Sankara Rao
Collection Date : 19/11/2014
Collection Nos : HJCB-0177
Collection Locality : Palamner forest range, Chittoor district (AP)
Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Throughout Eastern Ghats
- Karnataka : Kolar district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Akola district
- Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
World Distribution : Himalayas, India, China, Malaysia, Australia, Thailand, Bhutan
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; 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; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; 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; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.; Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of Indai.
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=Zornia gibbosa. Downloaded on 3 June 2024.