• Family : OXALIDACEAE
  (Wood Sorrel Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : AMRUL FAMILY (अम्रुल फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : OXALIDACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Biophytum sensitivum var. nervifolium (Thwaites) Edgew. & Hook.f.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Biophytum sensitivum (L.) DC.
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Moist and open situations
• Comments / notes : Common weed in wasteland
• Flower, Fruit : December-March
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Vishakapatnam district, Guntur district
  • Kerala : Kannur district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Tamil Nadu : Namakkal district, KAL, Ramanathapuram district, Salem district, Villipuram district, Cuddalore district, Thanjavur district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tirunelveli district
• Native : India, Sri Lanka
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; 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=Biophytum nervifolium. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.

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