Herbarium JCB

Pimpinella heyneana (DC.) Kurz

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) : Unresolved name
Vernacular name : Selvanthachedi (Tamil); Bansibuta (Oria)
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Moist deciduous forests and semi-Evergreen forests
Comments / notes : On hills from 800 -1400m in shade. Occasional clumps
Flower, Fruit : August-March
Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, Srikakulam district, West Godavari district, Kurnool district
- Telangana : Khammam district
- Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Kollam district
- Maharashtra : Ahmednagar district, Amravati district, Aurangabad district, Nashik district, Pune district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Thane district
- Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Kalhandi district, Gajapati district, Koraput district, Ganjam district
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, The Nilgiri district, Salem district, Theni district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tirunelveli district
World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar (Bago, formerly Pegu)
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; 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; 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.; N.P. Singh, P. Lakshminarasimhan, S. Karthikeyan & P. V. Prasanna (2001). Flora of Maharashtra state, Dicotyledones. Vol. 2.pp.101. Botanical survey of India, Govt. Of India.; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.; Matthew, 1983.
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=Pimpinella heyneana. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.