• Family : SCROPHULARIACEAE
  (Figwort Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : BRAHMI FAMILY (ब्राह्मी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : PLANTAGINACEAE
• Basionym : Gerardia delphinifolia L.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved name
• Common name : Common Sopubia
• Vernacular name : Edintajada (Telugu)
• Habit : Undershrub
• Comments / notes : On plains to the floor of scrub jungles, on hills to 1600m and especially on thin layer of soil by rocks.
• Flower, Fruit : July-January
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Anantapur district, Kurnool district, Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Vishakapatnam district, Srikakulam district
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Tamil Nadu : Throughout Tamil Nadu
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
• 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=Sopubia delphinifolia. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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