• Family : SCROPHULARIACEAE
  (Figwort Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : BRAHMI FAMILY (ब्राह्मी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LINDERNIACEAE
• Basionym : Mimulus violaceus Azaola & Blanco
• Synonym(s) : Torenia peduncularis Benth. ex Hook. f.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Torenia violacea (Azaola ex Blanco) Pennell
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Hill forests, moist places and semi-Evergreen forests
• Flower, Fruit : August-November
• Distribution :
  • Kerala : Kannur district
  • Odisha : Gajapati district, Mayurbhanj district, Ganjam district, Sambalpur district, Dhenkanal district
  • Tamil Nadu : Cultivated in gardesn
• World Distribution : India, Myanmar, Java, Philippines
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• 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; 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=Torenia violacea. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.

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