Aconogonon molle (D. Don) Hara

 
  • Family : POLYGONACEAE
    (Buckwheat Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : JANGLI PALAK FAMILY (जंगली पालक फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Polygonaceae
  • Basionym : Polygonum molle D. Don.
  • Synonym(s) : Ampelygonum molle (D.Don) Roberty & Vautier
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Koenigia mollis (D.Don) T.M.Schust. & Reveal
  • Common name : Thrumbula
  • Vernacular name :
    • Thothney (Nepali)
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Warm and cool broad-leaved forest
  • Comments / notes : Tender young shoots eaten as a vegetable and used in preparing condiments
  • Key identification features : Scandent, bushy shrubs, up to 3 m long; branches often zig-zag, pubescent; Leaves elliptic-ovate to lanceolate; rounded to subcordate at base, pubescent on both surfaces; Flowers in axillary and termianl, pubescent, paniculate spikes, white; Nuts ovoid, trigonous, bluish black.
  • Flower, Fruit : May-November
  • Distribution :
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Lohit, Subansiri, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bhutan, India, Jawa, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bhutan, India, Jawa, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Vietnam
  • Literature :
    • Grierson A.J.C & Long D.G (1983). Flora of Bhutan Vol.1 (1): 156
    • Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 342
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 306-308
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Aconogonon molle. Downloaded on 5 October 2024.

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