• Family : RUBIACEAE
  (Madder Or Coffee Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : COFFEE FAMILY (कॉफी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : RUBIACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Spermacoce latifolia Aubl.
• Vernacular name : Pachhapalla, Vellatharavu, Tharavu (Malayalam)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Moist and dry deciduous forests and waste places
• Flower, Fruit : August-March
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district
  • Karnataka : Shivamogga district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Tamil Nadu : Tiruvannamalai district
• Native : Tropical America
• World Distribution : Naturalised in other Tropics
• 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=Spermacoce latifolia. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.

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