Digera muricata (L.) Mart.

 
  • Family : AMARANTHACEAE
    (Amaranth Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GARUNDI FAMILY (गरूण्डी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Amaranthaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Digera arvensis Forssk.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Digera muricata (L.) Mart.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Kanchali soppu, Gorje pallye (Kannada)
    • Thoyakkeerai, Sunnaambukkeerai (Tamil)
    • Gungatiya, Luta mohauria (Hindi)
    • Chencheli kura (Telugu)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Comments / notes : Often on plains to 1000m. A weed of cultivated lands, in pastures and along stream bed, dry deciduous forests
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : All districts of Andhra Pradesh
    • Karnataka : Ballari district
    • Kerala : Palakkad district, Idukki district, Kottayam district
    • Maharashtra : Akola district
    • Odisha : Ganjam district
    • Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Punjab : Punjab
    • Rajasthan : Alwar district, Jaisalmer district, Barmer district, Bikaner district, Jodhpur district
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
    • Lakshadweep : Lakshadweep
  • Native : Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burundi, China Southeast, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gulf States, India, Jawa, Kenya, Lakshadweep Islands, Madagascar, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Socotra, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Su
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burundi, China Southeast, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gulf States, India, Jawa, Kenya, Lakshadweep Islands, Madagascar, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Socotra, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
    • R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
    • R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
    • Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
    • N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Digera muricata. Downloaded on 6 October 2024.

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