• Family : SCROPHULARIACEAE
  (Figwort Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : BRAHMI FAMILY (ब्राह्मी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : PLANTAGINACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved name
• Vernacular name : Antikamini (Kannada); Bodda saramu, Gunta kaminam, Gunta kakinamu (Telugu)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Marshy areas
• Comments / notes : Often on plains along river banks, low-lying areas, bunds of arable land and fallow fields
• Flower, Fruit : October-February
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Kadapa district, Nellore district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district
  • Telangana : Nalgonda district
  • Kerala : Malappuram district, Kollam district
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Odisha : Ganjam district
  • Tamil Nadu : Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district
• World Distribution : Afghanistan, India, Sri Lanka
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• 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; 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; 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=Stemodia viscosa. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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