- Family : VERBENACEAE
(Verbena Or Vervain Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : SAGVAN FAMILY (सागवान फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : VERBENACEAE
- Basionym : Verbena jamaicensis L.
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Stachytarpheta jamaicensis (L.) Vahl
- Common name : Devil's Coach whip, Brazilian tea, Oron's rod, Jamaican vervain, Wild Verbena
- Vernacular name : Seemai naayuruvi (Tamil); Jalajali, Jatiya, Koraputia (Oria); Kukrijad, Kariyar tarani (Hindi); Nalladutcheri chettu, Medabalaku, Ceema nayurur (Telugu); Kattupunnuthu, Narivalan, Seemakongini (Malayalam)
- Habit : Undershrub
- Habitat : Dry and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Comments / notes : An introduced plant from Tropical America, now naturalised throughout. The species identity is in conflict
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Distribution :
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Native : Tropical America
- World Distribution : Pantropical
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; 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=Stachytarpheta jamaicensis. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.
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