• Family : SCROPHULARIACEAE
  (Figwort Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : BRAHMI FAMILY (ब्राह्मी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : PLANTAGINACEAE
• Basionym : Columnea heterophylla Roxb.
• Synonym(s) : Limnophila roxburghii G.Don
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Limnophila heterophylla (Roxb.) Benth.
• Vernacular name : Manganari (Malayalam)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Near streams and in stagnant water
• Flower, Fruit : August-November
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, West Godavari district
  • Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Davanagare district, Hassan district, Mysuru district, Tumakuru district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district
  • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kozhikode district, Thrissur district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Cuttack district
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar, Taiwan, China, Malesia
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore District; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District; Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District; Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere District; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
• 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=Limnophila heterophylla. Downloaded on 7 December 2024.

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