• Family : POLYGALACEAE
  (Milkwort Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : SANJIVANI FAMILY (संजीवनी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : POLYGALACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved name
• Vernacular name : Selagachedi (Tamil); Kadassari (Malayalam)
• Habit : Herb
• Comments / notes : Occasional in dry regions, grassy fields, roadsides and forest edges and on hills 250 - 800m. Abundant on the forest clearings
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K.Swamy
• Collection Date : 16/09/2009
• Collection Nos : FAP 37666
• Collection Locality : K.K.Kottala, Kadapa district (AP)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Nigidi RF (Anantapur district), Talakona Hills (Chittoor district)
  • Kerala : Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, South East Continental Asia and Malesia
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; Franklin Benjamin & G.V.S.Murthy, 2013. Flora of Sri Venkateswara National Park, Andhra Pradesh, BSI.; 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; 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=Polygala javana. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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