Gisekia pharnaceoides L.

 
  • Family : AIZOACEAE
    (Carpet-Weed Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : VISHAKHAPARA FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Gisekiaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Gisekia pharnaceoides L.
  • Common name : Sand Herbage
  • Vernacular name :
    • Balu-ka-sag (Hindi)
    • Esaku darisoppu (Kannada)
    • Manal keerai (Tamil)
    • Isaka-dasari-kura, Isikedentikura, Ishi-rash kura, Isike chenchalaku (Telugu)
    • Susni (Oria)
    • Manalkeera (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Deciduous forests, plains, sandy sea coasts, wastelands and floor of drying tanks.
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Chittoor district, Guntur district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district
    • Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Vijayapura (Bijapur) district, Dakshina Kannada district, Mysuru district, Tumakuru district, Udupi district, Dakshina Kannada district
    • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Odisha : Puri district, Cuttack district, Ganjam district, Khurda district, Balasore district
    • Tamil Nadu : Salem district
    • West Bengal : Bankura, Midnapur
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Punjab : Punjab
    • Rajasthan : Jaisalmer district, Barmer district, Bikaner district, Jodhpur district
  • World Distribution : India, South Africa, Mascarene Islands, Sri Lanka
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa 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
    • Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Cecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnataka State vol. 1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
    • Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Gisekia pharnaceoides. Downloaded on 14 October 2024.

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