Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Herb
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Gerontogea umbellata (L.) Cham. & Schltdl. |
| synonym | Hedyotis brevicalyx Sivar., Biju & P.Mathew |
| synonym | Hedyotis indica Roem. & Schult. |
| synonym | Hedyotis linarifolia R.Br. ex Wall., nom. nud. |
| synonym | Hedyotis puberula (G.Don) R.Br. ex Arn. |
| synonym | Hedyotis umbellata (L.) Lam., nom. illeg. |
| synonym | Hedyotis wightii (Hook.f.) K.K.N.Nair |
| synonym | Oldenlandia puberula G.Don |
| synonym | Oldenlandia wightii Hook.f. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Diffuse or prostrate herbs; root-stock woody. Leaves sessile, 0.5-1.6 x 0.2-0.4 cm, linear-lanceolate, base decurrent, margin revolute, apex acute, scabrous, 1-nerved; stipules with several bristles, base triangular. Flowers in many-flowered terminal, umbellate cymes and also sometimes axillary. Calyx lobes 4, persistent, c. 1.5 mm long, ovate-acuminate. Corolla pinkish-white, c. 3 mm across, campanulate; lobes 4, lanceolate. Stamens 4, in the throat of the corolla tube, exserted; filaments linear. Ovary c. 1 mm across, globose, hairy; stigma 2-fid, recurved. Capsule 2-2.5 mm across, globose, didymous, scabrid. Seeds angular, reticulate.
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 |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Dry and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Description
Global Distribution
Peninsular India and Sri Lanka
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 |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine
Siddha
System Of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine, Siddha
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=5067
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| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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 |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- 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=5067
- Oldenlandia wightii Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 66. 1880; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 601(424). 1921.
- Hedyotis umbellata (L.) Lam., Tabl. Encycl. 1: 272. 1792, nom. illeg.; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 143. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 210. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 193. 1985; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 150. 1999.
- Oldenlandia puberula G. Don, Gen. Hist. 3: 530. 1834.
- Hedyotis puberula (G. Don) R. Br. ex Arn., Nov. Acta Phys. Med. Acad. Caes. Leop. Carol. Nat. Cur. 18: 342. 1836; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 218. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 330. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 232. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 170. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 152. 1997; Dutta & Deb, Taxonomic Revision Hedyotis 114. 2004; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 354. 2009.
- Gerontogea umbellata (L.) Cham. & Schltdl., Linnaea 4: 154. 1829.
- Oldenlandia umbellata L., Sp. Pl. 119. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 66. 1880; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 601(424). 1921; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 240. 1990.
- Hedyotis brevicalyx Sivar., Biju & P.Mathew, Kew Bull. 48: 393. 1993.
- Hedyotis wightii (Hook.f.) K.K.N. Nair, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 79: 453. 1982; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 232. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 150. 1999.
Information Listing > References
- 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=5067
- Oldenlandia wightii Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 66. 1880; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 601(424). 1921.
- Hedyotis umbellata (L.) Lam., Tabl. Encycl. 1: 272. 1792, nom. illeg.; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 143. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 210. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 193. 1985; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 150. 1999.
- Oldenlandia puberula G. Don, Gen. Hist. 3: 530. 1834.
- Hedyotis puberula (G. Don) R. Br. ex Arn., Nov. Acta Phys. Med. Acad. Caes. Leop. Carol. Nat. Cur. 18: 342. 1836; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 218. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 330. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 232. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 170. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 152. 1997; Dutta & Deb, Taxonomic Revision Hedyotis 114. 2004; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 354. 2009.
- Gerontogea umbellata (L.) Cham. & Schltdl., Linnaea 4: 154. 1829.
- Oldenlandia umbellata L., Sp. Pl. 119. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 66. 1880; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 601(424). 1921; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 240. 1990.
- Hedyotis brevicalyx Sivar., Biju & P.Mathew, Kew Bull. 48: 393. 1993.
- Hedyotis wightii (Hook.f.) K.K.N. Nair, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 79: 453. 1982; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 232. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 150. 1999.
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Gentianales |
| Family | Rubiaceae |
| Genus | Oldenlandia |
| Species | Oldenlandia umbellata L. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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