Peganum harmala L.

 
  • Family : ZYGOPHYLLACEAE
    (Caltrop Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GOKHARU FAMILY (गोखरू फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : ZYGOPHYLLACEAE
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Peganum harmala L.
  • Vernacular name : Hermal (Marathi)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Dry deciduous forests
  • Flower, Fruit : October-December
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Ballari district, Vijayapura (Bijapur) district
    • Maharashtra : Mumbai Suburban district, Konkan, Pune district
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : Saldanha, C. J. 1996. Flora of Karnataka vol. 2; N.P. Sing & S. Karthikeyan 2000. Flora of Maharashtra 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=Peganum harmala. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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