- Family : AMARANTHACEAE
(Amaranth Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GARUNDI FAMILY (गरूण्डी फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Amaranthaceae
- Synonym(s) : Achyranthes prostrata L.; Desmochaeta prostrata (L.) DC.; Pupalia prostrata (L.) Mart.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Cyathula prostrata (L.) Blume
- Common name : Small prickly chaff-flower plant
- Vernacular name :
- Lal chirchita, Lal chichinda (Hindi)
- Kempu uttarani (Kannada)
- Raktapamargah (Sanskrit)
- Cherukadaladi, Chuvannakadaladi (Malayalam)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests, Tropical semi-evergreen forests
- Comments / notes : In moist places
- Flower, Fruit : September-April
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district
- Karnataka : Shivamogga district, Dakshina Kannada district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Odisha : Dhenkanal district, Ganjam district, Mayurbhanj district
- Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Lohit, Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
- Native : Angola, Australia, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Borneo, Brazil, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Repu, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Angola, Australia, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Borneo, Brazil, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Repu, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Hainan, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Liberia, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Nicobar Islands, Nigeria, Panamá, Peru, Philippines, Samoa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Uganda, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Pullaiah, T & Ali Moulali, D., 1997. Flora of Andhra Pradesh. Vol. 2.
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 304
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cyathula prostrata. Downloaded on 27 July 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Field Image(s)
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Habitat
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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