• 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) : Rotala densiflora (Roth) Koehne
• Vernacular name : Piaingaga duba (Oria)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Along river banks and marshy fields
• Comments / notes : Common in wet places
• Flower, Fruit : July-January
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Vishakapatnam district, Chittoor district, Srikakulam district
  • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Alappuzha district
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Kalhandi district, Sambalpur district
• Native : Tropical Asia, Australia
• World Distribution : Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Australia, Borneo, N.Italy, Pakistan, Bangladesh
• 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; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., 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=Rotala densiflora. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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