- Family : POLYGALACEAE
(Milkwort Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : SANJIVANI FAMILY (संजीवनी फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Polygalaceae
- Synonym(s) : Polygala arabica Edgew.; Polygala erioptera subsp. petraea (Chodat) Paiva; Polygala erioptera var. vahliana (DC.) Chodat; Polygala leptorhiza DC.; Polygala linearis R.Br.; Polygala multibracteata Wall.; Polygala noucherensis Cambess.; Polygala nubica Hochst. ex Chodat; Polygala obtusata DC.; Polygala oligantha A.Rich.; Polygala paulayana Vierh.; Polygala petraea Chodat; Polygala retusa Hochst. ex Oliv.; Polygala retusa Hochst. ex Chodat; Polygala schimperi Hassk.; Polygala serpillifolia Poir.; Polygala serpyllifolia Wight; Polygala thurmanniana Chodat; Polygala tomentosa Vahl ex DC.; Polygala triflora Oliv.; Polygala vahliana DC.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Polygala erioptera DC.
- Vernacular name :
- Balae soppu (Kannada)
- Paruppu chedi (Tamil)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Forests
- Comments / notes : Commonly found as a weed in waste places, cultivated fields along roadsides, plains and hills. The variety vahliyana of this species occurs in foothills up to 300m, often with elongated branches and inflorescens axis up to 30 cm
- Key identification features : Erect or decumbent annual Herb up to 55 cm high; Leaves subsessile, oblanceolate to linear Flowers in racemes, yellowish; Capsules oblong, obliquely winged.
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Ahobilum, Nallamalai Hills Kurnool district, Vishakapatnam district
- Karnataka : Bellary district, Kolar district, Tumakuru district
- Kerala : Ernakulam district
- Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
- Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Mhendra giri Ganjam district
- Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Lohit district
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Rajasthan : Jaisalmer district, Barmer district, Bikaner district, Jodhpur district
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Native : Angola, Bangladesh, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Gulf States, India, Iran, Kenya, Lakshadweep Islands, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria,
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Angola, Bangladesh, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Gulf States, India, Iran, Kenya, Lakshadweep Islands, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Pakistan, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
- J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais 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
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1
- Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
- P.K . Hajra ., D.M. Verma and G.S. Giri (1996). Materials For The Flora Of Arunachal Pradesh , Vol (1), Pg : 188
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Polygala erioptera. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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