• Family : POLYGALACEAE
  (Milkwort Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : SANJIVANI FAMILY (संजीवनी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : POLYGALACEAE
• Basionym : Polygala ciliata L.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Salomonia ciliata (L.) DC.
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Moist deciduous forests, damp places in open grasslands and wetlands in plains
• Flower, Fruit : August-December
• Distribution :
  • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Thrissur district, Pathanamthitta district
  • Maharashtra : Chandrapur district, Ratnagiri district, Sindhudurg district
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
• World Distribution : India, Sub tropical, Sri Lanka, Malay Archipelago, Australia
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; 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=Salomonia ciliata. Downloaded on 3 June 2024.

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