• 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) : Hoppea dichotoma Willd.
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Damp places in deciduous forests
• Comments / notes : On plains to 900 m in fallow fields, by river banks, on moist rocks and on exposed places.
• Flower, Fruit : August-March
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy
• Collection Date : 02/01/2016
• Collection Nos : HJCB-E-285
• Collection Locality : Batrepalli, Anantapur district (AP)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district
  • Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Bidar district, Chitradurga district, Davanagare district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Hassan district, Mysuru district, Tumakuru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Udupi district
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Ganjam district
• Native : India
• World Distribution : India
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.; Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District; Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri; Seetharam et al., 2000 – Flora of Gulbarga District; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg District; Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere District; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara; 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=Hoppea dichotoma. Downloaded on 3 June 2024.

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