- Family : GENTIANACEAE
(Gentian Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : BHUIN NEEM FAMILY
- Family (as per The APG System III) : GENTIANACEAE
- Synonym(s) : Enicostemma hyssopifolium (Willd.) Verdoorn
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Enicostema axillare (Poir. ex Lam.) A.Raynal
- Vernacular name : Katvinayi, Chota chirayita (Hindi); Biliranjaka (Kannada); Vella ragu (Tamil); Vellaragu, Gulvidi, Nela-guli, Nelagulimidi (Telugu); Najajihva, Mamajjakah (Sanskrit)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Foothills, moist places of deciduous forests, near sea coasts and plains
- Flower, Fruit : July-November
- Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy
- Collection Date : 13/12/2014
- Collection Nos : HJCB-E-378; KFP 9080, CS 6811
- Collection Locality : Batrepalli, Nigidi forest, Anantapur district (AP)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Kurnool district, Kadapa district, Chittoor district
- Karnataka : Ballari district, Belagavi district, Vijayapura (Bijapur) district, Chitradurga district, Dharwad district, Mysuru district, Raichur district, Tumakuru district, Uttara Kannada district
- Maharashtra : Akola district
- Tamil Nadu : Dharmapuri district, Coimbatore district, Villipuram district, Tiruvannamalai district
- Native : India
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Tropical Africa, West Indies
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature : J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; Shahina, P.M. & Nampy, S 2014. Biosystematic Studies on Enicostema axillare (Lam.) A. Raynal subsp. axillare (Gentianaceae) in Peninsular India. Pak. Jour. Of Bio. Sci. 17 (5):696-702; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Seetharam et al., 2000 – Flora of Gulbarga district; Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District; N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka; 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=Enicostema axillare. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.
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