Herbarium JCB

Coldenia procumbens L.

Family : BORAGINACEAE
(Forget-Me-Not Or Borage Family)
Family (Hindi name) : LASORA FAMILY (लसोड़ा फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : BORAGINACEAE
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Coldenia procumbens L.
Vernacular name : Tripungi, Tripungki (Hindi); Challangai, Tripakshi gida (Kannada); Seruppadai (Tamil); Gondhrilata, Moyinibuta (Oria); Hamsapadu, Cheppu tattaaku, Bukkinaku (Telugu); Tripakshi (Sanskrit); Tripanki (Marathi); Nilamparanda, Cherupulladi (Malayalam)
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Wastelands, dried up ponds
Comments / notes : Lake shores, paddy fields and wasteland
Flower, Fruit : December-August
Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Nellore district, Guntur district, Kurnool district, East Godavari district, Chittoor district, Vishakapatnam district, Srikakulam district, West Godavari district
- Karnataka : Ballari district, BDR, Raichur district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Vijayapura (Bijapur) district, Koppal district
- Kerala : All districts or Kerala
- Maharashtra : Akola district
- Odisha : Koraput district, Sambalpur district
- Tamil Nadu : Tiruvannamalai district, Dharmapuri district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district
World Distribution : Pantropical
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; 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; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; N.P. Singh, P. Lakshminarasimhan, S. Karthikeyan & P. V. Prasanna (2001). Flora of Maharashtra state, Dicotyledones. Vol. 2. Botanical survey of India, Govt. India.
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Coldenia procumbens. Downloaded on 3 May 2024.