• Family : GENTIANACEAE
  (Gentian Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : BHUIN NEEM FAMILY
• Family (as per The APG System III) : GENTIANACEAE
• Basionym : Swertia corymbosa Wight ex Griseb.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved name
• Vernacular name : Avalpoovu (Malayalam)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Grasslands
• Comments / notes : On hills above 1000m among grasslands, moist places and exposed slopes.
• Flower, Fruit : October-February
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Shivamogga district
  • Kerala : Palakkad district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district
  • Tamil Nadu : Shevaroy Hills, Yercaud Hills (Salem district)
• Endemism : Peninsular India
• World Distribution : India
• 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.
• 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=Swertia corymbosa. Downloaded on 3 April 2025.

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