- Family : GENTIANACEAE
(Gentian Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : BHUIN NEEM FAMILY
- Family (as per The APG System III) : GENTIANACEAE
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Exacum sessile L.
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Moist deciduous forests
- Comments / notes : On hills to 1400m,among mosses on exposed dripping rocks.
- Flower, Fruit : January-February
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Hassan district, Shivamogga district, Udupi district, Dakshina Kannada district
- Kerala : Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Tamil Nadu : Kolli Hills (Namakkal district)
- Native : India
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan district; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi district; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- 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=Exacum sessile. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.
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