- Family : SPHENOCLEACEAE
(Goose Weed Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GOOSE WEED FAMILY
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Sphenocleaceae
- Synonym(s) : Reichelia palustris Blanco; Schrebera pongati DC.; Pongatium indicum Lam.; Pongatium spongiosum Blanco; Pongatium zeylanicum Kuntze; Rapinia herbacea Lour.; Sphenoclea pongatium A.DC.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Sphenoclea zeylanica Gaertn.
- Common name : Goose Weed, Chickenspike, Crab's eye
- Vernacular name :
- Nanddu kannu, Mudhalaippoondu (Tamil)
- Pani mircho (Oria)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Wet places near pools, pans, irrigation channels, swamps and floodplains
- Comments / notes : Occasional on plains in low-lying marshy ground by river banks. Abundant weed of paddy fields and fallow lands
- Flower, Fruit : October-May
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Srikakulam district,
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Odisha : Puri district, Khurda district, Ganjam district, Cuttack district
- Tamil Nadu : Alagar Hills (Madurai district), Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills, Kalrayan Hills, Bodamalai Hills (Salem district), Pachamalai Hills (Tiruchirapalli district), Chitteri Hills, Yelagiri Hills (Vellore district), Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Piranmalai Hills (Sivaganga district), Theerthamalai Hills, Dharmapuri Hills (Dharmapuri district), Gingee Hill (Villipuram district), Javadu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district), Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Punjab : Punjab
- Native : Africa, Tropical and subtropical asia to North Australia
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Africa, Tropical and subtropical asia to North Australia and Central and South America
- 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
- 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.
- Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 166
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Sphenoclea zeylanica. 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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Field Image(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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