- Family : NYCTAGINACEAE
(Four-O'clock Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : BOOGANBEL FAMILY (बूगनबेल फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Nyctaginaceae
- Synonym(s) : Boerhavia repens var. diffusa (L.) Hook.f.; Boerhavia repens var. repens L.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Boerhavia diffusa L.
- Common name : Common Hogweed, Spreading Hogweed, Pigweed, Gorgon, Prickly Water Lily, Hogweed, Pigweed
- Vernacular name :
- Beshakapore, Gadhaparna, Pathar chetaka, Santh (Hindi)
- Punarnava, Adakaputtana gida (Kannada)
- Mookkaratti, Saarai (Tamil)
- Punarnava (Sanskrit)
- Punarnava (Marathi)
- Thamizhama, Thavizhama, Thazhuthama, Thumizhama, Tharana (Malayalam)
- Karkaria, Parni, Kechna, Atikapudi sag, Guodapuruni (Oria)
- Rakta punarnava, Atakamamidi (Telugu)
- Habit : Herb
- Comments / notes : Often on hills to 1000m. Common on the wayside, wasteland and even on poor soil. A low altitude replacement of Boerhavia chinensis (L.) Asch. & Schweinf.
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Mysuru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Udupi district
- Maharashtra : Akola district
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Siang, Subansiri
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Rajasthan : Jaisalmer district, Barmer district, Bikaner district, Jodhpur district
- Native : Afghanistan, Aldabra, Argentina, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Repu, Chad, Chile, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) I
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Pantropical, Australia
- Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
- Literature :
- 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
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 299
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Boerhavia diffusa. Downloaded on 10 October 2024.
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