• Family : GESNERIACEAE
  (Gesneria Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : CHARELA FAMILY
• Family (as per The APG System III) : GESNERIACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Didymocarpus rottlerianus var. tomentosa (Wight) Clarke
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Henckelia incana (Vahl) Spreng.
• Vernacular name : Paraiotti (Tamil); Elichuzhien, Kalthamara (Malayalam)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : On wet rocks in grasslands and deciduous forests associate with Liverworts
• Comments / notes : Occasional in Eastern Ghats among rocky crevices and boulders in moist places.
• Flower, Fruit : May-December
• Collection Nos : KFP 8954
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Nellore district, East Godavari district, Anantapur district, Vishakapatnam district
  • Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Mysuru district, Tumakuru district
  • Kerala : Idukki district, Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Tamil Nadu : Namakkal district, Dindigul district, Coimbatore district, Tiruvallur district
• Native : India
• 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; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District; 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=Didymocarpus tomentosus. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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