- Family : RUBIACEAE
(Madder Or Coffee Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : COFFEE FAMILY (कॉफी फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Rubiaceae
- Synonym(s) : Hedyotis puberula (G. Don) Arn.; Oldenlandia puberula G.Don; Hedyotis brevicalyx Sivar., Biju & P.Mathew; Hedyotis wightii (Hook.f.) K.K.N.Nair; Oldenlandia wightii Hook.f.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Oldenlandia umbellata L.
- Common name : Dye Root, Chay Root
- Vernacular name :
- Chirval (Hindi)
- Saayavaer (Tamil)
- Cheriveru (Telugu)
- Surbuli (Oria)
- Chayaveru (Malayalam)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Dry and Tropical moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Comments / notes : Source of a red dye; occassional weed of wastelands
- Key identification features : A stiff herb, anuual; stems more or less woody at the base. Leaves sessile, often fascicled, linear to lanceolate, acute. Flowers lilac, heterostylous. Capsule 2 mm across, ovoid to globose
- Flower, Fruit : August-May
- Collection Nos : HFP 144, CJS 11918
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Srikakulam district, West Godavari district, East Godavari district, Anantapur district
- Karnataka : Kolar district, Ballari district, Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Odisha : Ganjam district, Cuttack district, Puri district, Balasore district
- Tamil Nadu : Dharmapuri district
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
- N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3
- J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- 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
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Oldenlandia umbellata. 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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