• Family : FABACEAE
  (Pea Or Bean Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LEGUMINOSAE
• Subfamily : Faboideae
• Synonym(s) : Smithia geminiflora Roth
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Smithia conferta Sm.
• Vernacular name : Elakanni, Thituthali (Malayalam)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Marshy areas in grasslands, also in plains
• Key identification features : Procumbent herb in swampy areas
• Flower, Fruit : September-February
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district
  • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Ernakulam district, Idukki district, Kollam district
  • Odisha : Sambalpur district, Mayurbhanj district
  • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, The Nilgiri district, Kanyakumari district, The Nilgiri district
• World Distribution : Indo-Malesia to Australia
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; 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=Smithia conferta. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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