- 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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