- Family : PEDALIACEAE
(Pedalium Or Sesame Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : TIL FAMILY (तिल फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Martyniaceae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Martynia annua L.
- Common name : Devils'claw, Tiger claw, Snake's head
- Vernacular name :
- Baghnakhi, Bichu, Mathajori (Hindi)
- Thaelkodukkukai, Kaakka mooku-chedi (Tamil)
- Thelu kondi kaya, Garuda mukku, Puligoru-chettu (Telugu)
- Vinchavi (Marathi)
- Angora, Baghanaki(Ori)
- Kakka-chundu, Pulinakham (Malayalam)
- Habit : Undershrub
- Habitat : Along road sides and as weed of wastelands
- Comments / notes : Introduced species from Central America, now naturalized in most hills along wastelands, and sometimes runs wild.
- Key identification features : Stout sticky herb, at times as an undershrub. Purple-pink flowers, hairy with a yellow throat with a dark pink spot on each lobes.
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Collector(s) Name : Raja K.Swamy
- Collection Date : 06/09/2009
- Collection Nos : FAP 36441
- Collection Locality : K.K. Kottala, Kadapa district (AP)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Common
- Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Chitradurga district, Davanagare district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Raichur district, Udupi district, Dakshina Kannada district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Akola district
- Odisha : Common
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Rajasthan : Alwar district, Jaisalmer district, Barmer district, Bikaner district, Jodhpur district
- Native : Central America, Mexico
- World Distribution : Tropical & sub-tropical America, Mexico, Pakistan, Nepal, India, Myanmar
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
- J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
- 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., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan district
- Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Flora of Bangalore district, Karnataka state
- Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga
- Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi
- Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Martynia annua. Downloaded on 15 October 2024.
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