- Family : CAPPARACEAE
(Caper Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : KARIL FAMILY (करील फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Cleomaceae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Cleome aspera J.Konig ex DC.
- Vernacular name :
- Malayvarinai-poondu (Tamil)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Comments / notes : Occasional on bare gravelly ground
- Key identification features : Spreading, ascending, softly prickled herb.
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Collector(s) Name : S.B. Manohar; R. Raghavendra Rao
- Collection Date : 23-10-1979, 27-05-1970
- Collection Nos : KFP 9022; R.R. Rao 689
- Collection Locality : Bandri, Bellary district (KA); Talkad RF, Mysore district (KA)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Kadapa district (Kadapa district), Palakonda Hills (Kadapa district), Gani RF (Kurnool district), Srisailam Hills (Kurnool district), Anantapur district
- Karnataka : Ballari district, Mysuru district
- Kerala : Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Idukki district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Maharashtra : Chandrapur district
- Odisha : Ganjam district
- Tamil Nadu : Vellore district, Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Tiruvannamalai, Thippu Kadu RF (Tiruvannamalai district), Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Coimbatore district, Dharmapuri district, Madurai district, Tiruvannamalai district, Vellore district, Pudukkottai district, Ramanathapuram district, Thanjavur district, Tiruchirapalli district, Salem district, Villipuram district, Cuddalore district
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
- J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- Franklin Benjamin & G.V.S.Murthy, 2013. Flora of Sri Venkateswara National Park, Andhra Pradesh, BSI.
- Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1
- N.P. Sing & S. Karthikeyan 2000. Flora of Maharastra vol 1. Botanical survey of India, Govt. India
- 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=Cleome aspera. 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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