Pratia montana (Reinw. ex Blume) Hassk.

 
  • Family : CAMPANULACEAE
    (Bellflower Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : DHAWAL FAMILY (धवल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Campanulaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Piddingtonia montana (Reinw. ex Blume) Miq.; Pratia montana (Reinw. ex Blume) Hassk.; Speirema montanum (Reinw. ex Blume) Hook.f. & Thomson; Lobelia brevisepala (Y.S.Lian) Lammers; Lobelia reflexisepala Lammers; Lobelia wardii C.E.C.Fisch.; Piddingtonia cyanocarpa Hassk.; Piddingtonia patens Miq.; Pratia brevisepala Y.S.Lian; Pratia montana var. cyanocarpa (Hassk.) E.Wimm.; Pratia montana f. variegata Hochr.; Pratia reflexa Y.S.Lian; Pratia wardii (C.E.C.Fisch.) E.Wimm.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Lobelia montana Reinw. ex Blume
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : In moist shady forests or along roadsides.
  • Key identification features : Herbs, up to 30 cm tall; stems erect, glabrous, reddish, rooting at base; Leaves elliptic to elliptic-Ianceolate, serrulate or denticulate; Flowers solitary, white, greenish blue or violet with two purple gibbosites inside; Berries globose, yellowish to purple or red.
  • Flower, Fruit : -hroughout the year
  • Distribution :
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Lohit, Siang, Tirap
  • Native : India, China, Bhutan, Jawa, Malaya, Myanmar, Sumatera, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, China, Bhutan, Jawa, Malaya, Myanmar, Sumatera, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Literature :
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 57
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Pratia montana. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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