- Family : AMARANTHACEAE
(Amaranth Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GARUNDI FAMILY (गरूण्डी फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Amaranthaceae
- Synonym(s) : Achyranthes amaranthoides Lam.; Celosia amaranthoides (Lam.) Medik.; Celosia baccata Retz.; Cladostachys amaranthoides (Lam.) K.C.Kuan; Cladostachys frutescens D.Don; Coilosperma cordata Raf.; Deeringia baccata (Retz.) Moq.; Deeringia celosioides R.Br.; Deeringia indica Retz. ex Blume; Deeringia virgata Zipp. ex Span.; Gomphrena amaranthoides (Lam.) Roth; Phytolacca gracilis Herb. ex Moq.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Deeringia amaranthoides (Lam.) Merr.
- Common name : Shrubby Deeringia
- Vernacular name :
- Rangoli-lota (Assamese)
- Golamohani (Bengali)
- Kalalori, Latman, Wali (Hindi)
- Habit : Climbing shrub
- Habitat : Amongst shrubs at margins of Subtropical and Warm broad-leaved forest; 100 - 1800 m. altitude
- Key identification features : Shrubs, sometimes climbing; flowers rather distant in spike-like racemes, often forming panicles; fruit a 3 - 5-seeded berry
- Flower, Fruit : August-February
- Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Lohit, Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Christmas I., East Himalaya, Fiji, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Marianas, Myanmar, New Guinea, New South Wales, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Tonga, Vi
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Tropical and Subtropical Asia to West Pacific
- Literature :
- Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 204
- GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 1: Part 2. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 221
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 304-305
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Deeringia amaranthoides. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.
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