Pan India Bouquets

Hedyotis coccinea (Royle) Walp.

Family : Rubiaceae
(Madder Or Coffee Family)
Family (Hindi name) : COFFEE FAMILY (कॉफी फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Rubiaceae
Synonym(s) : Hedyotis abyssinica Hochst. ex A.Rich.; Hedyotis senegalensis A.Rich.; Oldenlandia abyssinica (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Hiern; Oldenlandia coccinea (Royle) Hook.f.; Oldenlandia debeerstii De Wild. & T.Durand; Oldenlandia macrodonta Baker; Pentas modesta Baker
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Kohautia coccinea Royle
Common name : Scarlet Snake-Needle Grass
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Himalayas, at altitudes of 1600-2700 m.
Flower, Fruit : August-October
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
Native : Burundi, Cameroon, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, West Himalaya, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Tropical Africa, Yemen, Iran to Nepal and North India
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 145
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Hedyotis coccinea. Downloaded on 28 June 2022.