- Family : LYTHRACEAE
(Loose-Strife Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : MEHNDI FAMILY (मेंहंदी फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Lythraceae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ammannia baccifera L.
- Common name : Blistering ammania
- Vernacular name :
- Kuranta (Hindi)
- Kallurive (Kannada)
- Neermel neruppu, Kalluruvi, Neermulli (Tamil)
- Ramdauni (Oria)
- Agni garba (Sanskrit)
- Kalluruvi, Kalluravanchi, Neerummel-neruppa (Malayalam)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Paddy fields and wetlands
- Comments / notes : Occasional in moist plains, along low-lying marshes, fallow fields and river banks from 500 to 1000m
- Flower, Fruit : September-April
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Srikakulam district, West Godavari district, Anantapur district
- Karnataka : All districts of Karnataka
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Akola district
- Odisha : Common near moist places
- Tamil Nadu : Salem district, Vellore district, Tiruvannamalai district
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- West Bengal : West Bengal
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Lakshadweep : Androth Islands, Minicoy Islands
- World Distribution : Tropical Africa, Southern Europe, Central Asia, Himalayas, India to China, Malaysia, Australia
- Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
- Literature :
- J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1
- 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
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- 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
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan
- Saldanha, C.J. (1996). Flora of Karnataka vol. 2. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
- Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri
- Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Flora of Bangalore
- Seetharam et al., 2000 - Flora of Gulbarga
- Rao & Razi, 1981 - Flora of Mysore
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Flora of Udupi
- Manjunath et al., 2003 - Flora of Davanagere
- Sharma B.D, 1984 - Flora of Karnataka Analysis
- Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India
- C., Sudhakar Reddy & Roy, Parth. (2011). Plant Diversity of Lakshadweep Islands.
- Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ammannia baccifera. 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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