• Family : SCROPHULARIACEAE
  (Figwort Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : BRAHMI FAMILY (ब्राह्मी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : PHRYMACEAE
• Basionym : Lobelia pumila Burm.f.
• Synonym(s) : Mazus rugosus Lour.; Mazus japonicus (Thunb.) O.Ktze.; Lindernia japonica Thunb.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Mazus pumilus (Burm. f.) Steenis
• Common name : Japanese mazus
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Moist deciduous forests
• Flower, Fruit : August-December
• Collection Nos : CS 8025
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district
  • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Kodagu (Coorg) district
  • Kerala : Malappuram district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district
  • Odisha : Ganjam district
• World Distribution : India, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, Japan
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state; Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; 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=Mazus pumilus. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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