Persicaria barbata (L.) H.Hara

 
  • Family : POLYGONACEAE
    (Buckwheat Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : JANGLI PALAK FAMILY (जंगली पालक फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Polygonaceae
  • Basionym : Polygonum barbatum L.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Persicaria barbata (L.) H.Hara
  • Vernacular name :
    • Velluthamuthalamookku (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Along stream sides
  • Key identification features : Herbs, up to 2 m high; stems stout, erect or ascending, glabrous; Leaves lanceolate to linear-Ianceolate, appressed setulose on both surfaces; stipules strigose, long bearded; Flowers in slender, paniculate racemes, white or greenish white; Nuts trigonous, purplish black, beaked.
  • Flower, Fruit : August-March
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Cuddalore district, Kanyakumari district, Madurai district, The Nilgiri district, Theni district, Tirunelveli district, Tiruvannamalai district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • World Distribution : Paleotropics
  • Literature :
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1987). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol.2.
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 310
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Persicaria barbata. Downloaded on 5 October 2024.

India Distribution

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