- Family : ELATINACEAE
(Waterwort Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : ELATINE FAMILY
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Elatinaceae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Bergia ammannioides Roxb.
- Vernacular name :
- Nandi kallu soppu (Kannada)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : River beds, fallow fields, low-lying areas and coastal sandy wetlands
- Comments / notes : Plains from the coast to 900m, in clayey soil
- Flower, Fruit : August-April
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Kolar district, Mysuru district
- Kerala : Malappuram district
- Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
- Odisha : Cuttack district, Kalhandi district, Boudh district, Subarnapur district
- Tamil Nadu : Dindigul district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Coimbatore district, Dharmapuri district, Madurai district, Ramanathapuram district, Thanjavur district, Tirunelveli district, Salem district, Villipuram district, Cuddalore district, Tiruchirapalli district
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- World Distribution : India, Tropical Africa, Afghanistan, Persia, Tropical Asia, Sri Lanka to South China, Formosa and Australia
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- Franklin Benjamin & G.V.S.Murthy, 2013. Flora of Sri Venkateswara National Park, Andhra Pradesh, BSI.
- 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
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Bergia ammannioides. Downloaded on 11 October 2024.
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