Biophytum petersianum Klotzsch

 
  • Family : OXALIDACEAE
    (Wood Sorrel Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AMRUL FAMILY (अम्रुल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Oxalidaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Biophytum apodiscias (Turcz.) Edgew. & Hook.f.; Biophytum petersianum Klotzsch; Biophytum rotundifolium Delhaye; Biophytum sessile (Buch.-Ham. ex Baill.) R.Knuth; Oxalis apodiscias Turcz.; Oxalis petersianum (Klotzsch) Müll.Berol.; Oxalis petersii Edgew. & Hook.f.; Oxalis sessilis Buch.-Ham. ex Baill.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Biophytum umbraculum Welw.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Shaded places, wastelands, riverbanks and in the crevices of rocks
  • Flower, Fruit : August-November
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Hassan district
    • Kerala : Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Odisha : Sambalpur district
    • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Angola, Australia, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, China, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Lesser Sunda Islands, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Maluku, Mozam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Angola, Australia, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, China, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Lesser Sunda Islands, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Maluku, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nigeria, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • Nayar, T. S., et al, 2006. Flowering plants of Kerala, A hand book
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Biophytum petersianum. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.

Botanical Description

Herbarium Specimen(s)

India Distribution

World Distribution

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