Cleome monophylla L.

 
  • Family : CAPPARACEAE
    (CAPER FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Cleomaceae
  • Species : Cleome monophylla
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cleome monophylla L.
  • Common name : Spindle Pod
  • Vernacular name : Menasinakase (Kan.); Ellukku sakkalathi (Tam.); Rango sorisho (Ori.)
  • Key identification features : An erect annual herb with glandular hairs. Leaves are simple, ovate to lanceolate. Flowers are in leafy racemes, purple, with clawed petals. Fruit is a siliqua on a short gynophore.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the Year
  • Comments : Common weed in agricultural fields, degraded forests. A ready colonizer by new roads.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Throughout Eastern Ghats
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Tropical Africa
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Cleome monophylla. Downloaded on 1 May 2024.

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