• 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 ciliata (Colsm.) Pennell
• Vernacular name : Khedkura (Oria)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Moist places in moist and dry deciduous forests and also in plains
• Comments / notes : Often grows well on banks of streams and in marshes up to 750m. More prominent and mixed with grasses after rains.
• Flower, Fruit : June-November
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K.Swamy, Arun Singh R, K. Sankara Rao & Siddharthan
• Collection Date : 26/10/2014
• Collection Nos : HJCB-0119; HJCB-0125
• Collection Locality : Talakona, Chittoor district (AP)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Kadapa district, Kurnool district, Nellore district, Vishakapatnam district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Odisha : Throughout
  • Tamil Nadu : Dindigul district
• Native : Tropical Asia, Australia
• World Distribution : Malaysia, Vietnam, India, Sri Lanka, SE. Asia, Northern Australia
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; 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 ciliata. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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