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Oldenlandia herbacea (L.) Roxb.

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🗒 Synonyms
synonymHedyotis herbacea L.
synonymHedyotis linearis Steud.
synonymHedyotis micrantha Hochst. ex Hiern
synonymHedyotis triflora Wall., nom. nud.
🗒 Common Names
Hindi
  • पापेर भेद Paper-bhed
Kannada
  • Kaag Purale
Malayalam
  • Monganampullu
  • Nonganampullu
  • Scanganam-pulli
  • നൊന്നാനമ് പല്ലു Nonnanampullu
Other
  • Slender Oldenlandia
Sanskrit
  • छायापर्पटिका Chhayaparpatika
Tamil
  • நொந்நாநம் பல்லூ Nonnanampullu
Telugu
  • Chiriveru
  • Thella Nela Vaemu
  • Verri Nelavaemu
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Brief
Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Herb
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Contributors 
D. Narasimhan
Status UNDER_CREATION
Licenses CC_BY
References 
    Diagnostic Keys
    Description
    Much branched, erect herbs; stem 4-angled, narrowly winged along angles. Leaves sessile, 1.5-3 x 0.1-0.3 cm, linear-lanceolate, acute at apex, glabrous; stipules short, 3-4-setose on margins. Flowers solitary or 2-nate, axillary; peduncles filiform, 0.5-1 cm long. Calyx tube turbinate, to 2 mm, funnel-shaped; lobes triangular-subulate. Corolla white, 1-1.5 mm long, wider on mouth; lobes 5, minute. Stamens 4, included, subsessile. Stigma 2-fid. Capsule c. 2.5 mm across, subglobose, didymous, loculicidal. Seeds minute, trigonous.
    Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
    Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY
    References 
      No Data
      📚 Natural History
      Cyclicity
      Flowering and fruiting: July-December
      Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
      Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
      Contributors 
      Status UNDER_CREATION
      Licenses CC_BY
      References 
        No Data
        📚 Habitat and Distribution
        General Habitat
        Grasslands and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
        Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
        Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
        Contributors 
        Status UNDER_CREATION
        Licenses CC_BY
        References 
          Moist soil
          Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
          Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
          Contributors 
          Status UNDER_CREATION
          Licenses CC_BY
          References 
            Description
            Global Distribution

            Tropical Africa and Asia

            Indian distribution

            State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts

            Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
            Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
            Contributors 
            Status UNDER_CREATION
            Licenses CC_BY
            References 
              Global Distribution

              India: Assam, Maharastra

              Local Distribution

              Assam

              Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
              Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
              Contributors 
              Status UNDER_CREATION
              Licenses CC_BY
              References 
                No Data
                📚 Occurrence
                No Data
                📚 Uses and Management
                Uses

                System of Medicines Used In

                Homoeopathy
                Homoeopathy
                Ayurveda
                Ayurveda
                Folk medicine
                Folk medicine
                Siddha
                Siddha
                Medicinal
                Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                Contributors 
                Status UNDER_CREATION
                Licenses CC_BY
                References 
                  System Of Medicines Used In

                  Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Homoeopathy, Siddha

                  FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1111
                  Attributions FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1111
                  Contributors 
                  Status UNDER_CREATION
                  Licenses CC_BY
                  References 
                    No Data
                    📚 Information Listing
                    References
                    1. Oldenlandia herbacea (L.) Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 495. 1820; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 601(424). 1921; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 240. 1990; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 435. 2009.
                    2. Oldenlandia heynei R. Br. ex G. Don, Gen. Hist. 3: 531. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 65. 1880.
                    3. Hedyotis herbacea L., Sp. Pl. 102. 1753; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 141. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 209. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 192. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 132. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 217. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 193. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 332. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 229. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 169. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 12, 33; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 221. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 150. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 326. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 174. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 150. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 316. 2002; Dutta & Deb, Taxonomic Revision Hedyotis 120. 2004; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 252. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 352. 2009.
                    4. Hedyotis heynei R. Br. ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 416. 1834.
                    1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1111
                    Information Listing > References
                    1. Oldenlandia herbacea (L.) Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 495. 1820; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 601(424). 1921; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 240. 1990; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 435. 2009.
                    2. Oldenlandia heynei R. Br. ex G. Don, Gen. Hist. 3: 531. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 65. 1880.
                    3. Hedyotis herbacea L., Sp. Pl. 102. 1753; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 141. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 209. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 192. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 132. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 217. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 193. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 332. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 229. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 169. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 12, 33; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 221. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 150. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 326. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 174. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 150. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 316. 2002; Dutta & Deb, Taxonomic Revision Hedyotis 120. 2004; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 252. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 352. 2009.
                    4. Hedyotis heynei R. Br. ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 416. 1834.
                    5. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1111
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                    🐾 Taxonomy
                    RootRoot
                    KingdomPlantae
                    PhylumTracheophyta
                    ClassMagnoliopsida
                    OrderGentianales
                    FamilyRubiaceae
                    GenusOldenlandia
                    SpeciesOldenlandia herbacea (L.) Roxb.
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