- Family : POLYGALACEAE
(Milkwort Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : SANJIVANI FAMILY (संजीवनी फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Polygalaceae
- Synonym(s) : Polygala buxiformis Hassk.; Polygala telephioides Willd.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Polygala chinensis L.
- Common name : Common Polygala, Indian milkwort
- Vernacular name :
- Amrithanjan chedi (Malayalam)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Open deciduous forests, Tropical moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Comments / notes : Extracts of plant used in chronic diarrhoea and inflammation. (Franklin & Murthy, 2013)
- Flower, Fruit : April-January
- Collector(s) Name : Raja K.Swamy, Arun Singh
- Collection Date : 09/12/2014
- Collection Nos : HJCB-E-0195
- Collection Locality : Pudunur forest, Tiruvannamalai district (TN)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Rollapent, Kammuvaripalli, Nallamalai Hills (Kurnool district), Bukkapatnam RF (Anantapur district), Kurnool district (Kurnool district)
- Kerala : Wayanad district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Tamil Nadu : Marudahalli RF (Dharmapuri district), Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Chitteri hills (Vellore district), Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Kanyakumari district, Ramanathapuram district, Tirunelveli district, The Nilgiri district, Salem district, Villipuram district, Cuddalore district, Tiruchirapalli district
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- World Distribution : India, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, South China, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Bhutan, New Guinea
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
- Franklin Benjamin & G.V.S.Murthy, 2013. Flora of Sri Venkateswara National Park, Andhra Pradesh, BSI
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Polygala chinensis. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.
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