- Family : SCROPHULARIACEAE
(Figwort Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : BRAHMI FAMILY (ब्राह्मी फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Linderniaceae
- Basionym : Mimulus violaceus Azaola ex Blanco
- Synonym(s) : Torenia paniculata Blanco; Torenia peduncularis Benth. ex Hook.f.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Torenia violacea (Azaola ex Blanco) Pennell
- Common name : Violet Wishbone Flower
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Hill forests, moist places and Tropical semi-evergreen forests
- Comments / notes : Erect or decumbent herbs, widely branched with appressed-hairy stems
- Flower, Fruit : May-October
- Distribution :
- Kerala : Kannur district
- Odisha : Gajapati district, Mayurbhanj district, Ganjam district, Sambalpur district, Dhenkanal district
- Tamil Nadu : Cultivated in gardesn
- Chattisgarh : Bilaspur
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Lohit, Siang, Tirap
- Native : India, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : India, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Balakrishnan, N. P. (1983). Flora of Jowai Vol.2. Published BSI: 338
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 220
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Torenia violacea. Downloaded on 11 October 2024.
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