- Family : SCROPHULARIACEAE
(Figwort Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : BRAHMI FAMILY (ब्राह्मी फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Plantaginaceae
- Basionym : Columnea chinensis Osbeck
- Synonym(s) : Limnophila hirsuta (Heyne ex Benth.) Benth.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Limnophila chinensis (Osbeck) Merr.
- Vernacular name :
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Wet places and paddy fields
- Comments / notes : Common in marsh from 1000m onwards.
- Flower, Fruit : September-April
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Vishakapatnam district
- Kerala : Thrissur district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
- Tamil Nadu : Salem district
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Lohit, Subansiri
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Islands, Northern Territory, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Paleotropics
- Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- 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: 211
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Limnophila chinensis. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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