Canscora andrographioides Griff. ex C.B.Clarke

 
  • Family : GENTIANACEAE
    (Gentian Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BHUIN NEEM FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Gentianaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Canscora melastomacea Hand.-Mazz.; Canscora trinervia Ridl.; Pladera virgata Griff.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Canscora andrographioides Griff. ex C.B.Clarke
  • Common name : Melastome Canscora, Waterwillow Canscora
  • Vernacular name :
    • Parngo (Mizo)
  • Habit : Annual herb
  • Habitat : Weed in cultivated land, valleys, forest; 200 - 1400 m. altitude
  • Key identification features : Slender herbs, up to 60 cm high; stems 4-angled; Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, 3-nerved; Flowers zygomorphnic, in axillary, few-flowered, dichotomous cymes, pale purple with pink nerves, 2-lipped; Capsules oblong.
  • Flower, Fruit : September-October
  • Distribution :
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Lohit
    • Meghalaya : Cherapunjee
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, Hainan, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Assam to China (South-West and South Yunnan to Guangdong) to Peninsula Malaysia (Kedah)
  • Literature :
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 179
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Canscora andrographioides. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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