- Family : PLANTAGINACEAE
(Plantago Or Plantain Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : LAHURIYA FAMILY
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Plantaginaceae
- Synonym(s) : Plantago centralis Pilg.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Plantago asiatica subsp. erosa (Wall.) Z.Yu Li
- Common name : Chinese Plantain
- Vernacular name :
- Nilachakka, Njaramboori (Malayalam)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Disturbed sites, wasteground, clearings, forest, field margins, grassland and riverside sands
- Key identification features : Leaves distinctly stalked, usually 7-ribbed. Spike cylindric. Capsule 8-16 seeded
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Distribution :
- Kerala : Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Idukki district
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, The Nilgiri district, Salem district, Theni district
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- West Bengal : Darjeeling district
- Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Lohit, Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
- Meghalaya : East Khasi Hills (Shillong) district
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Great Nicobar taluk (Campbell Bay)
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Bangladesh, China, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Qinghai, Sri Lanka, Tibet
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, China, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Qinghai, Sri Lanka, Tibet
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1987). Flora of Tamilnadu, India vol. 2.
- Chowdhery, H. J. & Wadhwa, B. H (1984). Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol. 2. Published BSI: 592
- Balakrishnan, N. P. (1983). Flora of Jowai Vol.2. Published BSI: 384
- Grierson A.J.C & Long D.G (1983). Flora of Bhutan Vol.2 (2):1342
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 299
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Plantago erosa. Downloaded on 2 December 2024.
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