- Family : GENTIANACEAE
(Gentian Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : BHUIN NEEM FAMILY
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Gentianaceae
- Synonym(s) : Enicostemma hyssopifolium (Willd.) Verdoorn
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Enicostema axillare (Poir. ex Lam.) A.Raynal
- Vernacular name :
- Katvinayi, Chota chirayita (Hindi)
- Biliranjaka (Kannada)
- Vella ragu (Tamil)
- Vellaragu, Gulvidi, Nela-guli, Nelagulimidi (Telugu)
- Najajihva, Mamajjakah (Sanskrit)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Foothills, moist places of deciduous forests, near sea coasts and plains
- Flower, Fruit : July-November
- Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy, Cecil J. Saldanha
- Collection Date : 13-12-2014, 28-08-1961
- Collection Nos : HJCB-E-378; KFP 9080, CS 6811
- Collection Locality : Batrepalli, Nigidi forest, Anantapur district (AP), Surat (GU)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Kurnool district, Kadapa district, Chittoor district
- Karnataka : Ballari district, Belagavi district, Vijayapura (Bijapur) district, Chitradurga district, Dharwad district, Mysuru district, Raichur district, Tumakuru district, Uttara Kannada district
- Maharashtra : Akola district
- Tamil Nadu : Dharmapuri district, Coimbatore district, Villipuram district, Tiruvannamalai district
- Gujarat : Surat district
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Native : India
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Tropical Africa, West Indies
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais 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
- Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
- Shahina, P.M. & Nampy, S 2014. Biosystematic Studies on Enicostema axillare (Lam.) A. Raynal subsp. axillare (Gentianaceae) in Peninsular India. Pak. Jour. Of Bio. Sci. 17 (5):696-702
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Seetharam et al., 2000 – Flora of Gulbarga district
- Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
- N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Enicostema axillare. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.
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