• Family : SCROPHULARIACEAE
  (Figwort Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : BRAHMI FAMILY (ब्राह्मी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LINDERNIACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Lindernia antipoda (L.) Alston
• Vernacular name : Neella pundu (Telugu); Phannipoondu, Thannipoondu (Tamil)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Near water courses
• Comments / notes : Occasional in moist and damp soil growing amongst grasses. More often gregarious on marshes after rains.
• Flower, Fruit : August-February
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Nellore district, Vizianagaram district, Guntur district, Srikakulam district, Vishakapatnam district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Odisha : Throughout Odisha
  • Tamil Nadu : Salem district
• Native : Tropical Asia
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka through Malesia, Northern Australia, Polynesia
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; 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=Lindernia antipoda. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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