• Family : AMARANTHACEAE
  (Amaranth Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : GARUNDI FAMILY (गरूण्डी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : AMARANTHACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Celosia polygonoides Retz.
• Vernacular name : Pulisirukeerai (Tamil); Eluka uttareni (Telugu)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Along road sides and wasteland, foothills of deicuous forests
• Comments / notes : On plains on gravelly ground in dry deciduous forests
• Flower, Fruit : September-February
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy; Arun Singh, Raja K. Swamy & Navendu Page
• Collection Date : 04-11-2009; 27-02-2016
• Collection Nos : FAP 37696; HJCB-E-326
• Collection Locality : Kalasamudram RF, Anantapur district (AP); Barbera forests, Khurda district (OD)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Kurnool district, Kadapa district
  • Karnataka : Ballari district
  • Kerala : Idukki district
  • Tamil Nadu : Dharmapuri district, Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district)
• Native : India
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; 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=Celosia polygonoides. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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