• Family : GENTIANACEAE
  (Gentian Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : BHUIN NEEM FAMILY
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Gentianaceae
• Basionym : Gentiana diffusa Vahl
• Synonym(s) : Canscora decurrens Dalzell; Canscora lawii Wight
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Canscora diffusa (Vahl) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult.
• Vernacular name :
  • Janjada (Telugu)
  • Burrurria (Oria)
  • Jeerakapullu (Malayalam)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Moist and shaded places, near streams of deciduous forests; Rocky crevices of hill forests
• Comments / notes : On moist hilly regions, in shade along stream banks and fallow fields up to 800m.
• Flower, Fruit : September-April
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy, Arun Singh, Navendu Page
• Collection Date : 25/02/2016
• Collection Nos : HJCB-0502
• Collection Locality : Mahanadi Wildlife Sanctuary, Nayagarh district (OD)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Nellore district, Kurnool district, Vishakapatnam district, East Godavari district,
  • Karnataka : Ballari district, Kolar district
  • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Maharashtra : Akola district, Pune district, Satara district, Raigad district, Thane district
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Ganjam district, Kalhandi district, Koraput district, Bargarh district, Keonjhar district
  • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
  • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Sikkim : Sikkim
  • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
  • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
  • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
  • Assam : Assam
  • Nagaland : Nagaland
  • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Punjab : Punjab
  • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
  • Mizoram : Mizoram
  • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
  • Manipur : Manipur
  • Tripura : Tripura
• Native : Andaman Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, China, Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, China, Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, New Caledonia, Nigeria, Philippines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Vietnam, 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. 2
  • 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 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
  • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
  • Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India.
  • N.P. Singh, P. Lakshminarasimhan, S. Karthikeyan & P. V. Prasanna (2001). Flora of Maharashtra state, Dicotyledones. Vol. 2.pp.401. Botanical survey of India, Govt. India.
• Read more :
  • Plants of the World Online
  • World Flora Online
  • Global Plants on JSTOR
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Canscora diffusa. Downloaded on 8 December 2024.

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