• Family : VERBENACEAE
  (Verbena Or Vervain Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : SAGVAN FAMILY (सागवान फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LAMIACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Symphorema polyandrum Wight
• Vernacular name : Badichang, Poiyam (Oria)
• Habit : Climbing shrub
• Habitat : Dry deciduous forests
• Comments / notes : Flowers only when it is more or less leafless. The seed and root of this plant is used as an antidote to snakebite.
• Flower, Fruit : March-May
• Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh R, A.N.Sringeswara & Imran Baig,
• Collection Date : 08/04/2014
• Collection Nos : HJCB-E-32
• Collection Locality : Amirthi R.F., Vellore district (TN)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Vishakapatnam district
  • Telangana : Mannanur range (Mehboobnagar district)
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Ganjam district, Sundergarh district, Cuttack district, Sambalpur district, Angul district, Kalhandi district, TVM
  • Tamil Nadu : Javadu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district)
• World Distribution : India, Nepal, Malaysia, China
• 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. 3; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
• 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=Symphorema polyandrum. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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