- Family : NYCTAGINACEAE
(Four-O'clock Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : BOOGANBEL FAMILY (बूगनबेल फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Nyctaginaceae
- Synonym(s) : Boerhavia punarnava Saha & K.H.Krishnam.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Boerhavia erecta L.
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Tropical dry deciduous forests, wasteland
- Comments / notes : Common; found growing as a weed along roadsides and cultivated fields
- Key identification features : An erect herb. Leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, glabrous. Flowers 3-6 together in lax panicles. Perianth pink; stamens 1 - 3. Anthocarp obconical, 5-ribbed.
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Collector(s) Name : R.Raghavendra Rao
- Collection Nos : R.R.Rao 97
- Collection Locality : St.Philomena's College, Mysore
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Kadapa district, Anantapur district
- Karnataka : Mysuru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Udupi district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Gujarat : Somnath
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Native : Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Galápagos, Georgia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Mexico, Mississip
- World Distribution : Pantropical weed
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Flora of Karnataka, Saldanha, 1984, Gopalakrishna bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- Franklin Benjamin & G.V.S.Murthy, 2013. Flora of Sri Venkateswara National Park, Andhra Pradesh, BSI
- 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=Boerhavia erecta. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.
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