- Family : NYCTAGINACEAE
(Four-O'clock Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : BOOGANBEL FAMILY (बूगनबेल फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Nyctaginaceae
- Basionym : Valeriana chinensis L.
- Synonym(s) : Commicarpus chinensis (L.) Heimerl
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Commicarpus chinensis (L.) Heimerl
- Common name : Pointed-Leaved Hogweed
- Vernacular name :
- Bekkina hejje balli (Kannada)
- Teega mamidi (Telugu)
- Sattathanai (Tamil)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Tropical dry deciduous forests and Tropical moist deciduous forests
- Comments / notes : On hills above 300m onwards by the wayside on thickets. The high altitude replacement of B.diffusa L.
- Flower, Fruit : June-February
- Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh, Raja K.Swamy, Rajasri Ray; K. Sankara Rao, Arun Singh, Raja K. Swamy
- Collection Date : 12-09-2014, 26-11-2015
- Collection Nos : HJCB-E-58; HJCB-0406
- Collection Locality : Foothills of Pungalam R.F, Jawadhu Hills, Tiruvannamalai district (TN); Palamaneru forest, Chittoor distrct (AP)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Kurnool district, Guntur district, Vishakapatnam district, Srikakulam district
- Karnataka : Vijayapura (Bijapur) district, Kanakpura
- Kerala : Palakkad district, Idukki district
- Maharashtra : Akola district
- Odisha : Ganjam district, Puri district, Kendrapara district
- Tamil Nadu : Namakkal district, Salem district, Vellore district, Tiruvannamalai district, Dharmapuri district, Dindigul district
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Native : Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Hainan, India, Jawa, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Mozambique, Myanmar, Pakistan, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Old World Tropics
- Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
- Literature :
- J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). 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=Boerhavia chinensis. 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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