Hedyotis swertioides Hook.f.

 
  • Family : RUBIACEAE
    (Madder Or Coffee Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : COFFEE FAMILY (कॉफी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : RUBIACEAE
  • Synonym(s) : Oldenlandia swertioides (Hook.f.) Kuntze; Oldenlandia ramarowii Gamble
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Hedyotis swertioides Hook.f.
  • Vernacular name : Thavalakkalchedi (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Grasslands
  • Flower, Fruit : January-November
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Idukki district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Tamil Nadu : Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district)
  • Native : India
  • Endemism : Peninsular India
  • World Distribution : India
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; 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=Hedyotis swertioides. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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