- Family : LYTHRACEAE
(Loose-Strife Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : MEHNDI FAMILY (मेंहंदी फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Lythraceae
- Basionym : Peplis indica Willd.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Rotala indica (Willd.) Koehne
- Vernacular name :
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Waterlogged areas and rock crevices, in marshy places and fallow fields
- Comments / notes : In plains up to 900m.
- Flower, Fruit : July-April
- Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy
- Collection Date : 13/12/2014
- Collection Nos : HJCB-E-392
- Collection Locality : Batrepalli, Nigidi forest, Anantapur district (AP)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Chittoor district, Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Guntur district, Krishna district, Kurnool district, Nellore district, Prakasam district, Srikakulam district, Vishakapatnam district, Vizianagaram district, West Godavari district
- Telangana : Nalgonda district, Khammam district, Mehboobnagar district
- Karnataka : Ballari district, Chamarajanagar district, Kolar district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Odisha : Angul district, Balasore district, Bargarh district, Bolangir district, Boudh district, Cuttack district, Deogarh district, Dhenkanal district, Gajapati district, Ganjam district, Kalhandi district, Kandhamal district, Kendrapara district, Keonjhar district, Khurda district, Koraput district, Malkangiri district, Mayurbhanj district, Puri district, Rayagada district,Sambalpur district, Sundergarh district
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Dharmapuri district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Karur district, Krishnagiri district, Madurai district, Namakkal district, Pudukkottai district, Sivaganga district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district, Vellore district
- West Bengal : West Bengal
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Native : Tropical Asia
- World Distribution : India, Southeast Asia, from Tadzhik to North Korea, Honshu southwards to Java, Sri Lanka, Europe, Africa and America
- Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
- 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.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Rotala indica. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Line Drawings
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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