- Family : SAURURACEAE
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Saururaceae
- Synonym(s) : Houttuynia cordata f. polypetaloidea T.Yamaz.; Houttuynia cordata f. viridis J.Ohara; Houttuynia emeiensis Z.Y.Zhu & S.L.Zhang; Polypara cochinchinensis Lour.; Polypara cordata (Thunb.) H.Buek
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Houttuynia cordata Thunb.
- Common name : Chameleon Plant, Lizard tail, Heartleaf, fishwort
- Vernacular name :
- Roram (Adi)
- Musundari, Aich (Assamese)
- Simdalu (Hindi)
- Ja mardoh (Khasi)
- Toningkhok, Tokningkhok (Manipuri)
- Gane (Nepali)
- Ngayung, Ngayungwon (Tangkhul)
- Gandhe, Gaane, Ganaaune Jhaar (Nepali)
- Uithinthang (Mizo)
- Gatha (Angami)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Ravines, streamsides, wet meadows, slopes, thicket and field margins, trailsides, ditch banks, on roadsides in Cool broad-leaved forest; 1000 - 2400 m. altitude
- Comments / notes : Weed of cultivation fields
- Key identification features : Perennial herbs, 15-50 cm high; rootstocks conspicuously branched; Leaves ovate-cordate, gland dotted, pubescent when young; Flowers in terminal, dense, cylindric spikes; bracts petaloid, white; Fruits ellipsoid or subglobose.
- Flower, Fruit : April-October
- Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Lohit, Subansiri, Tirap
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Nepal, Ogasawara-shoto, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, East Himalaya, Hainan, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Nepal, Ogasawara-shoto, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya and Alabama, Austria, Costa Rica, Czechoslovakia, New York
- Literature :
- Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 210
- GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 1: Part 2. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 341-342
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 327
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Houttuynia cordata. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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