- Family : POACEAE
(Grass Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
- Synonym(s) : Leersia aristata (Retz.) Roxb.; Pharus aristatus Retz.; Potamochloa aristata (Retz.) McClell.; Potamochloa retzii Griff.; Zizania aristata (Retz.) Kunth; Zizania retzii Spreng.; Pharus natans Russell ex Steud.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Hygroryza aristata (Retz.) Nees ex Wight & Arn.
- Common name : Bengal wild rice
- Vernacular name :
- Jungali dal (Hindi)
- Nirvaaraha (Sanskrit)
- Neervallippullu, Varinellu (Malayalam)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Wetlands
- Comments / notes : Common in tanks, lakes and slow-moving streams
- Flower, Fruit : November-December
- Distribution :
- Kerala : Kannur district, Kozhikode district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Maharashtra : Chandrapur district, Kolhapur district, Nagpur district, Pune district, Raigad district, Thane district
- Odisha : Khurda district, Mayurbhanj district, Cuttack district
- Arunachal Pradesh : Lohit
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 291-292
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Hygroryza aristata. Downloaded on 6 October 2024.
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