Hydrocotyle javanica Thunberg

 
  • Family : APIACEAE
    (Carrot Or Coriander Or Parsley Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : SAUNF FAMILY (सौंफ फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Apiaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Hydrocotyle hispida D.Don; Hydrocotyle nepalensis Hook.; Hydrocotyle zeylanica DC.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Hydrocotyle javanica Thunb.
  • Common name : Java Pennywort
  • Vernacular name :
    • Vaite-kala, Vella-vaite (Malayalam)
    • Mahagotukola(Hindi)
    • Awa Peruk (Manipuri)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, wastelands, pine forest and paddy fields
  • Comments / notes : On hills above 1300m, in shady and moist places like shola floors, stream banks and rotting wood.
  • Key identification features : Prostrate herbs. Flowers white. Fruits very much compressed
  • Flower, Fruit : October-May
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Tamil Nadu : Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Kanyakumari district, The Nilgiri district, Theni district, Salem district, Tirunelveli district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Himachal Pradesh : Chamba district
    • Meghalaya : West Jaintia Hills (Jowai) district
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Borneo, China, Bhutan, Fiji, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Borneo, China, Bhutan, Fiji, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3
    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
    • 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.
    • Chowdhery, H. J. & Wadhwa, B. H (1984). Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol. 1. Published BSI: 320
    • Balakrishnan, N. P. (1983). Flora of Jowai Vol.1. Published BSI: 218
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Hydrocotyle javanica. Downloaded on 14 December 2024.

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