- Family : CYPERACEAE
(Sedge Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : BARA-NAGAR-MOTHA FAMILY (बड़ा नागर मोथा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Cyperaceae
- Synonym(s) : Andropogon dulcis Burm.f.; Carex tuberosa (Schult.) Blanco; Eleocharis austrocaledonica Vieill.; Eleocharis dulcis var. tuberosa (Schult.) T.Koyama; Eleocharis equisetina J.Presl & C.Presl; Eleocharis esculenta Vieill.; Eleocharis indica (Lour.) Druce; Eleocharis plantaginea (Retz.) Roem. & Schult.; Eleocharis plantaginea var. stolonifera Boeckeler; Eleocharis plantaginea var. tuberosa Makino; Eleocharis plantagineiformis Tang & F.T.Wang; Eleocharis plantaginoidea W.Wight; Eleocharis plantaginoides (Rottb.) Domin; Eleocharis tuberosa Schult.; Eleocharis tumida (Roxb.) Schult.; Limnochloa plantaginea (Retz.) Nees; Limnochloa tumida (Roxb.) Nees; Scirpus dubius Roxb.; Scirpus plantagineus Retz.; Scirpus plantaginoides Rottb.; Scirpus spiralis Willd. ex Kunth; Scirpus tuberosus Roxb.; Scirpus tumidus Roxb.; Hippuris indica Lour.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Eleocharis dulcis (Burm.f.) Trin. ex Hensch.
- Vernacular name :
- Chelli, Neerchelli (Malayalam)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Marshy areas
- Comments / notes : On hills and plains along irrigation canals of fields or in ponds. Often gregarious.
- Flower, Fruit : August-March
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Hassan district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Udupi district, Dakshina Kannada district
- Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Ernakulam district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district
- Maharashtra : Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Kolhapur district, Nagpur district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district
- Odisha : Common
- Tamil Nadu : Common
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
- Punjab : Punjab
- Native : Andaman Islands, Angola, Australia, Bangladesh, Botswana, Burkina, Cambodia, Caroline Islands, Chad, China, Congo, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, Lesser Sunda Islands, Liberia, Mad
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Angola, Australia, Bangladesh, Botswana, Burkina, Cambodia, Caroline Islands, Chad, China, Congo, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, Lesser Sunda Islands, Liberia, Madagascar, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Réunion, Samoa, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Uganda, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Islands, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
- B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan district
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi district
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 259
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Eleocharis dulcis. Downloaded on 27 July 2024.
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