Pan India Bouquets

Houttuynia cordata Thunb.

Family : Saururaceae
Family (as per The APG System III) : Saururaceae
Synonym(s) : Houttuynia cordata f. polypetaloidea T.Yamaz.; Houttuynia cordata f. viridis J.Ohara; Houttuynia emeiensis Z.Y.Zhu & S.L.Zhang; Polypara cochinchinensis Lour.; Polypara cordata (Thunb.) H.Buek
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Houttuynia cordata Thunb.
Common name : Chameleon Plant, Lizard tail, Heartleaf, fishwort
Vernacular name : Roram (Adi); Musundari, Aich (Assamese); Simdalu (Hindi); Ja mardoh (Khasi); Toningkhok, Tokningkhok (Manipuri); Gane (Nepali); Ngayung, Ngayungwon (Tangkhul); Gandhe, Gaane, Ganaaune Jhaar (Nepali); Uithinthang (Mizo); Gatha (Angami)
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Ravines, streamsides, wet meadows, slopes, thicket and field margins, trailsides, ditch banks, on roadsides in Cool broad-leaved forest; 1000 - 2400 m. altitude
Comments / notes : Weed of cultivation fields
Flower, Fruit : April-October
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, East Himalaya, Hainan, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Nepal, Ogasawara-shoto, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, East Himalaya, Hainan, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Nepal, Ogasawara-shoto, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya and Alabama, Austria, Costa Rica, Czechoslovakia, New York
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 210; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 1: Part 2. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 341-342
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Houttuynia cordata. Downloaded on 30 June 2022.

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