• Family : TAMARICACEAE
  (Tamarisk Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : FARASH FAMILY (फ़राश फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : TAMARICACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Trichaurus ericoides (Rottler & Willd.) Arn.
• Vernacular name : Jhao (Hindi); Holeybasle (Kannada); Pani jhao (Oria); Jhau, Kada, Sarat, Sarub, Sharni (Marathi); Holey basla (Kannada)
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : River banks
• Comments / notes : Occasional on river stream beds
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Collector(s) Name : R. Raghavendra Rao
• Collection Date : 17/09/1970
• Collection Nos : R.R. Rao 899
• Collection Locality : Talkad forest, Mysore district (KA)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Krishna district (Krishna district), Guntur district (Guntur district)
  • Odisha : Sambalpur district
  • Tamil Nadu : Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Tiruchirapalli district
• Native : Indian subcontinent
• World Distribution : India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
• 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=Tamarix ericoides. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.

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