• Family : APIACEAE
  (Carrot Or Coriander Or Parsley Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : SAUNF FAMILY (सौंफ फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : APIACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides Lam.
• Common name : Tomtomon, Lawn pennywort
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Marshy areas in grasslands
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district
  • Kerala : Wayanad district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
• Native : Mauritius
• World Distribution : Tropical Asia, Africa & introduced in Australia and USA
• 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; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; 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=Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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