• Family : AIZOACEAE
  (Carpet-Weed Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : VISHAKHAPARA FAMILY
• Family (as per The APG System III) : MOLLUGINACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved name
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Sandy soil and weed, also river banks
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K.Swamy
• Collection Date : 27/09/2010
• Collection Nos : FAP 40326
• Collection Locality : Gandi river, Kadapa district (AP)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : West Godavari district, Srikakulam district
  • Kerala : Kozhikode district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Odisha : Kendrapara district
  • Tamil Nadu : Salem district, Dharmapuri district
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; Matthew, K.M., 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=Mollugo disticha. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

Botanical Description

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