- Family : MIMOSACEAE
(Pea Or Bean Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : BABOOL FAMILY (बबूल फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Leguminosae
- Subfamily : Mimosoideae
- Basionym : Desmanthus plenus Willd.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Neptunia plena (L.) Benth.
- Habit : Undershrub
- Habitat : Wetlands
- Comments / notes : Naturalised in Tropics of the World
- Flower, Fruit : May-November
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Chittoor district, Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Guntur district, Krishna district, Kurnool district, Nellore district, Prakasam district, Srikakulam district, Vishakapatnam district, Vizianagaram district, West Godavari district
- Telangana : Nalgonda district, Khammam district, Mehboobnagar district
- Karnataka : Ballari district, Kolar district, Chamarajanagar district
- Odisha : Angul district, Balasore district, Bargarh district, Bolangir district, Boudh district, Cuttack district, Deogarh district, Dhenkanal district, Gajapati district, Ganjam district, Kalhandi district, Kandhamal district, Kendrapara district, Keonjhar district, Khurda district, Koraput district, Malkangiri district, Mayurbhanj district, Puri district, Rayagada district, Sambalpur district, Sundergarh district
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Dharmapuri district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Karur district, Krishnagiri district, Madurai district, Namakkal district, Pudukkottai district, Sivaganga district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district, Vellore district
- West Bengal : West Bengal
- Native : Tropical America
- World Distribution : Naturalised in Tropics of the World
- Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Neptunia plena. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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