Herbarium JCB

Polygala chinensis L.

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 Plant List) : Polygala chinensis L.
Common name : Common Polygala, Indian milkwort
Vernacular name : Amrithanjan chedi (Malayalam)
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Open deciduous forests, 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 R
Collection Date : 12/09/2014
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
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.
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=Polygala chinensis. Downloaded on 3 May 2024.