• Family : MALVACEAE
  (Mallow Or Hibiscus Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : GURHAL FAMILY (गुड़हल फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : MALVACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Decaschistia cuddapahensis T. K. Paul & Nayar
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Decaschistia rufa Craib
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : Deciduous forests
• Comments / notes : Occasional
• Flower, Fruit : July-March
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Kadapa district, Nellore district
  • Karnataka : Chamarajanagar district, Ballari district
  • Tamil Nadu : Vellore district, Salem district, Namakkal district, Dindigul district
• Native : India
• Endemism : Peninsular India
• World Distribution : India
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; Sivarajan & Pradeep 1996. Malvaceae of Southern Peninsula India a Taxonomic monograph pp.18-32.; Franklin Benjamin & G.V.S.Murthy, 2013. Flora of Sri Venkateswara National Park, Andhra Pradesh, BSI; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
• 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=Decaschistia rufa. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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