- Family : GENTIANACEAE
(Gentian Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : BHUIN NEEM FAMILY
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Gentianaceae
- Basionym : Pladera decussata Roxb.
- Synonym(s) : Exacum alatum Roth; Canscora decussata (Roxb.) Schult. & Schult.f.; Cobamba blancoi Blanco; Pladera perfoliata Roxb.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Canscora alata (Roth) Wall.
- Common name : Canscora
- Vernacular name :
- Shankhini, Sankhapuli (Hindi)
- Sankini soppu (Kannada)
- Chitti akchinta, Sankhaphuli, Janna jaada (Telugu)
- Paincki mircha (Oria)
- Kambumalinee (Sanskrit)
- Kanjenkora, Samgamoli, Sangupushpi (Malayalam)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests, also in plains and Shaded places
- Comments / notes : Common
- Key identification features : Herbs, dichotomously branched, up to 40 cm high; stems 4-angled, winged; Leaves oblong-Ianceolate; Flowers zygomorphic, in terminal, lax, paniculate cymes, white, 2-lipped; Capsules oblong; Seeds reticulate, brown.
- Flower, Fruit : September-March
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Kurnool district, Vishakapatnam district
- Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Odisha : All districts of Odisha
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, China, Comoros, Congo, Bhutan, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Islands, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nep
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : India, Tropical Africa through Mascarene Islands to Southern and SE. Asia
- 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 et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 179
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Canscora decussata. 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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Habitat
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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