• Family : SCROPHULARIACEAE
  (Figwort Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : BRAHMI FAMILY (ब्राह्मी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : PLANTAGINACEAE
• Basionym : Columnea chinensis Osbeck
• Synonym(s) : Limnophila hirsuta (Heyne ex Benth.) Benth.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Limnophila chinensis (Osbeck) Merr.
• Vernacular name : Manganari (Malayalam)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Wet places and paddy fields
• Comments / notes : Common in marsh from 1000m onwards.
• Flower, Fruit : September-April
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Vishakapatnam district
  • Kerala : Thrissur district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
  • Tamil Nadu : Salem district
• Native : Tropical Asia, Australia
• World Distribution : Paleotropics
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; 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=Limnophila chinensis. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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