• 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) : Unresolved name
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Marshy areas and ponds
• Flower, Fruit : September-January
• Collection Nos : KFP 5427, CS 81
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Kolar district, Shivamogga district
  • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, ERN, Alappuzha district
  • Tamil Nadu : Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills (Salem district), Chitteri Hills (Vellore district)
• Endemism : Western Ghats
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• Literature : Saldanha, C. J. 1996. Flora of Karnataka vol. 2; 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 macrandra. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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