Blepharis maderaspatensis (L.) Roth.

 
  • Family : ACANTHACEAE
    (Acanthus Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Acanthaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Blepharis maderaspatensis (L.) B.Heyne ex Roth
  • Common name : Creeping Blepharis
  • Vernacular name :
    • Kolimukkan chedi, Kooravaalchedi (Tamil)
    • Elumbotti, Hemakandi, Murikootipacha (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Tropical dry deciduous forests, Scrub
  • Comments / notes : Often on plains to 1400m, on slopes among rocks, in thin layer of soil
  • Flower, Fruit : August-March
  • Collector(s) Name : K.Sankara Rao, Raja K.Swamy, Arun Singh; K.Sankara Rao, Raja K.Swamy, Siddarth, Arun Singh
  • Collection Date : 19-11-2014, 26-10-2014
  • Collection Nos : HJCB-E-83; HJCB-132
  • Collection Locality : Palamner forest range, Chittoor district (AP); Talakona R. F, Chittoor district (AP)
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Chittoor district, Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Guntur district, Krishna district, Kurnool district, Nellore district, Prakasam district, Srikakulam district, Vishakapatnam district, Vizianagaram district, West Godavari district
    • Telangana : Nalgonda district, Khammam district, Mehboobnagar district
    • Karnataka : Ballari district, Kolar district, Chamarajanagar district
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Maharashtra : Akola district
    • Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
    • Madhya Pradesh : Raisen district, Hoshangabad district
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Uttar Pradesh : Aligarh district
    • Punjab : Punjab
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
  • Native : Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
    • J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
    • R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
    • R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
    • Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Blepharis maderaspatensis. Downloaded on 8 December 2024.

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