Mitracarpus villosus (Sw.) DC.

 
  • Family : RUBIACEAE
    (Madder Or Coffee Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : COFFEE FAMILY (कॉफी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Rubiaceae
  • Basionym : Spermacoce villosa Sw.; Spermacoce hirta L.
  • Synonym(s) : Mitracarpus verticillatus (Schumach.) Vatke
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Mitracarpus hirtus (L.) DC.
  • Common name : Tropical Girdle Pod
  • Vernacular name :
    • Gothia gobi (Oria)
    • Thaval (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Degraded Tropical moist deciduous forests and wastelands
  • Comments / notes : Fairly common along roadsides
  • Key identification features : Erect pubescent herb. Leaves sessile, ovate-lanceolate, glabrescent. Flowers small, sessile, white in dense axillary and terminal clusters. Fruit a capsule, circumscissile
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
  • Collection Nos : CJS 16004
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Vishakapatnam district, Guntur district
    • Karnataka : All districts of Karnataka
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Odisha : Cuttack district, Bargarh district
    • Tamil Nadu : Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district)
  • World Distribution : India, Tropical Africa, America, Sri Lanka
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district
    • Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Flora of Bangalore district, Karnataka state
    • Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi
    • N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka
    • 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=Mitracarpus villosus. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

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