- Family : HYPERICACEAE
(Hypericum Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : CHOLI PHULYA FAMILY
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Hypericaceae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Hypericum japonicum Thunb.
- Vernacular name :
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Water logged areas in grasslands and Tropical semi-evergreen forests
- Comments / notes : Occasional in Eastern Ghats in moist forests. Dry leaf is used to hasten healing of bone fracture. (Franklin & Murthy, 2013)
- Flower, Fruit : November-August
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Araku Hills (Vishakapatnam district), Akkagari gudi, Tirumala Hills (Chittoor district)
- Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district
- Odisha : Ganjam district, Koraput district, Mayurbhanj district, Sambalpur district
- Tamil Nadu : Shevaroy Hills, Yercaud (Salem district), Coimbatore district, Madurai district, The Nilgiri district
- World Distribution : India, Himalayas, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, South Korea, South-East China, Hawaii, Malaysia
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- 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
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Hypericum japonicum. Downloaded on 30 June 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Field Image(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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