Aeginetia indica L.

 
  • Family : OROBANCHACEAE
    (Broomrape Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : MISSI FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Orobanchaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Orobanche aeginetia L.; Phelypaea indica (L.) Spreng. ex Steud.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Aeginetia indica L.
  • Common name : Forest Ghost Flower
  • Vernacular name :
    • Kala kutamahura (Oria)
    • Keeripoovu (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Parasite-Herb
  • Habitat : Tropical semi-evergreen forests, Tropical moist deciduous forests, shady places
  • Comments / notes : Non chlorophyllus
  • Key identification features : Root parasite
  • Flower, Fruit : July-December
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : West Godavari district, Srikakulam district
    • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Shivamogga district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district, Dakshina Kannada district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Maharashtra : Raigad district, Thane district
    • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
    • Tamil Nadu : Krishnagiri district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Tirap
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Native : Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, India, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Himalayas, Myanmar, China, Japan, Philippines, Malay Peninsula
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
    • 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
    • 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
    • Yoganarasimhan, SN., Subramanyam and Razi, BA (1981). Flora of Chikmagalur District, Karnataka. Intl, Book Distri., Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand, India
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan
    • Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 222
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Aeginetia indica. Downloaded on 13 December 2024.

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