• Family : LYTHRACEAE
  (Loose-Strife Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : MEHNDI FAMILY (मेंहंदी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LYTHRACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Ammannia octandra L.f.
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Marshy areas
• Comments / notes : Occasional in plains towards the coast, in low-lying moist areas, fallow fields
• Flower, Fruit : January-June
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : East Godavari district
  • Odisha : Ganjam district
  • Tamil Nadu : Dharmapuri district, Tiruvannamalai district
• Native : India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Malaysia
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
• 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=Ammannia octandra. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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