Monochoria vaginalis (Burm.f.) C.Presl

 
  • Family : PONTEDERIACEAE
    (Pickerel-Weed Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : JALKUMBHI FAMILY (जलकुम्भी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Pontederiaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Gomphima vaginalis (Burm.f.) Raf.; Monochoria loureiroi Kunth; Monochoria pauciflora (Blume) Kunth; Monochoria vaginalis var. pauciflora (Blume) Merr.; Pontederia cordata Lour.; Pontederia loureiroana Schult. & Schult.f.; Pontederia pauciflora Blume; Pontederia vaginata Royle
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Pontederia vaginalis Burm.f.
  • Common name : Pickerel Weed
  • Vernacular name :
    • Valukkaikeerai (Tamil)
    • Indivareh (Sanskrit)
    • Mirmira (Oria)
    • Niru kanchanam (Telugu)
    • Kakkapole, Karimkovalum, Kolachempu (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Paddy fields and wet lowlands
  • Comments / notes : In margins of fresh water pools, ponds and wet rice fields, on hills to about 1500m.
  • Flower, Fruit : May-November
  • Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha
  • Collection Date : 15/10/1961
  • Collection Nos : CS 7604
  • Collection Locality : Calicut
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Maharashtra : Bhandara district, Chandrapur district, Kolhapur district, Nagpur district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district, Yavatmal district
    • Odisha : Throughout Odisha
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Subansiri
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Punjab : Punjab
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Afghanistan, Andaman Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Sulawesi,
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Afghanistan, Andaman Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
    • R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
    • H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
    • N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
    • B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons
    • Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
    • 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.: 211-212
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Monochoria vaginalis. Downloaded on 13 December 2024.

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