Table 1.
List of plant species added to the flora of Sirumalai
hills
|
S.No |
Botanical
Name |
Family |
Habit |
Collection
No. |
Phenology |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Adenia wightiana (Wight & Arn.)
Engl. |
Passifloraceae |
Climber |
RKM
107508 |
Flowers |
|
2 |
Alternanthera paronychioides A.St.Hil. |
Amaranthaceae |
Herb |
KRK
& RVS 106232 |
Flowers
& Fruits |
|
3 |
Amaranthus hybridus L. |
Amaranthaceae |
Herb |
KRK
& RVS 106315 |
Flowers
& Fruits |
|
4 |
Andrographis ovata (T.And. ex Bedd.) Benth. ex C.B. Clarke |
Acanthaceae |
Herb |
RKM
107507 |
Flowers
& Fruits |
|
5 |
Antidesma alexiteria L. |
Stylaginaceae |
Tree |
RKM
107523 |
Flowers |
|
6 |
Asclepias curassavica L. |
Asclepiadaceae |
Herb |
KRK
& RVS 106233 |
Flowers
& Fruits |
|
7 |
Bergia ammannioides Roxb. ex
Roth |
Elatinaceae |
Herb |
RKM
107533 |
Flowers |
|
8 |
Blumeopsis flava (DC.) Gagnep. |
Asteraceae |
Herb |
KRK
& RVS 106281 |
Flowers
& Fruits |
|
9 |
Capparis kollimalayana Viswanathan |
Capparaceae |
Liana |
KRK
& RVS 106264 |
Fruits |
|
10 |
Capsicum
annuum L. |
Solanaceae |
Herb |
KRK
& RVS 106305 |
Fruits |
|
11 |
Casearia zeylanica Thwaites |
Flacourtiaceae |
Tree |
RKM
107513 |
Fruits |
|
12 |
Catunaregam torulosa (Dennst.) Tirveng. |
Rubiaceae |
Tree |
KRK
& RVS 106214 |
Flowers
& Fruits |
|
13 |
Chamaecrista kleinii (Wight & Arn.)
K.M.Matthew |
Caesalpiniaceae |
Herb |
KRK
& RVS 106260 |
Flowers
& Fruits |
|
14 |
Chlorophytum laxum R.Br. |
Anthericaceae |
Herb |
KRK
& RVS 106331 |
Flowers
& Fruits |
|
15 |
Cissus pallida Planch. |
Vitaceae |
Climber |
RKM
106393 |
Flowers |
|
16 |
Citrus
medica L. |
Rutaceae |
Tree |
KRK
& RVS 106344 |
Fruits |
|
17 |
Cleome
aspera J.Koenig ex
DC. |
Cleomaceae |
Herb |
RKM
107520 |
Fruits |
|
18 |
Corchorus tridens L. |
Tiliaceae |
Herb |
RKM
107509 |
Flowers
& Fruits |
|
19 |
Cordia obliqua Willd. var. tomentosa (Wall.) Kazmi |
Cordiaceae |
Tree |
KRK
& RVS 106268 |
Fruits |
|
20 |
Cryptolepis buchananii Roem. & Schult. |
Asclepiadaceae |
Climber |
KRK
& RVS 106335 |
Flowers
& Fruits |
|
21 |
Cynoglossum zeylanicum (Vahl ex Hornem.) Thunb. ex Lehm. |
Boraginaceae |
Herb |
KRK
& RVS 106329 |
Flowers
& Fruits |
|
22 |
Daphniphyllum neilgherrense (Wight) K.Rosenthal |
Daphniphyllaceae |
Tree |
RKM
106388 |
Flowers |
|
23 |
Datura stramonium L. |
Solanaceae |
Herb |
KRK
& RVS 106230 |
Flowers
& Fruits |
|
24 |
Dendrobium heterocarpum Wall. ex Lindl. |
Orchidaceae |
Epiphytic
herb |
KRK
& RVS 106359 |
Flowers |
|
25 |
Desmodium biarticulatum (L.) F.Muell. |
Fabaceae |
Herb |
RKM
107530 |
Flowers
& Fruits |
|
26 |
Diospyros ferrea (Willd.) Bakh. var. neilgherrensis
(Wight) Bakh. |
Ebenaceae |
Tree |
KRK
& RVS 106271 |
Fruits |
|
27 |
Diospyros ovalifolia Wight |
Ebenaceae |
Tree |
KRK
& RVS 106270 |
Fruits |
|
28 |
Dyschoriste madurensis (Burm.f.) Kuntze |
Acanthaceae |
Woody
herb |
RKM
107515 |
Fruits |
|
29 |
Euphorbia
thymifolia L. |
Euphorbiaceae |
Prostrate
herb |
KRK
& RVS 106262 |
Flowers
& Fruits |
|
30 |
Gisekia pharnaceoides L. |
Molluginaceae |
Spreading
herb |
RKM
107512 |
Flowers
& Fruits |
|
31 |
Glochidion tomentosum Dalz. |
Euphorbiaceae |
Shrub |
KRK
& RVS 106353 |
Flowers
& Fruits |
|
32 |
Grewia tenax (Forssk.) Fiori |
Tiliaceae |
Shrub |
RKM
106373 |
Flowers |
|
33 |
Heliotropium bracteatum R.Br. |
Boraginaceae |
Herb |
RKM
107516 |
Flowers
& Fruits |
|
34 |
Heliotropium ovalifolium Forssk. |
Boraginaceae |
Herb |
RKM
106390 |
Flowers
& Fruits |
|
35 |
Heliotropium scabrum Retz. |
Boraginaceae |
Spreading
herb |
RKM
107517 |
Flowers
& Fruits |
|
36 |
Hemidesmus indicus (L.) R.Br. var. pubescens
(Wight
& Arn.) Hook.f. |
Periplocaceae |
Twiner |
KRK
& RVS 106288 |
Flowers |
|
37 |
Hydrocotyle javanica Thunb. |
Apiaceae |
Herb |
KRK
& RVS 106278 |
Flowers |
|
38 |
Indigofera parviflora Heyne ex Wight
& Arn. |
Fabaceae |
Herb |
RKM
107510 |
Flowers |
|
39 |
Isodon walkeri (Arn.) H.Hara |
Lamiaceae |
Herb |
RKM
106372 |
Flowers
& Fruits |
|
40 |
Justicia gendarussa Burm.f. |
Acanthaceae |
Shrub |
RKM
106377 |
Flowers |
|
41 |
Leea indica (Burm.f.) Merr. |
Leeaceae |
Shrub |
RKM
107524 |
Flowers |
|
42 |
Lepidium ruderale L. |
Brassicaceae |
Herb |
KRK
& RVS 106330 |
Flowers
& Fruits |
|
43 |
Limnophila chinensis (Osbeck) Merr. |
Scrophulariaceae |
Herb |
RKM
106383 |
Flowers
& Fruits |
|
44 |
Lindernia ciliata (Colsm.)
Pennell |
Scrophulariaceae |
Herb |
RKM
107537 |
Flowers
& Fruits |
|
45 |
Lindernia oppositifolia (Retz.) Mukerjee |
Scrophulariaceae |
Herb |
RKM
107536 |
Flowers
& Fruits |
|
46 |
Madhuca indica J.F.Gmel. |
Sapotaceae |
Tree |
RKM
106389 |
Fruits |
|
47 |
Manilkara roxburghiana (Wight) Dubard |
Sapotaceae |
Small
tree |
RKM
107535 |
Fruits |
|
48 |
Mitracarpus villosus (Sw.) DC. |
Rubiaceae |
Herb |
KRK
& RVS 106349 |
Flowers
& Fruits |
|
49 |
Momordica charantia L. var. muricata
(Willd.) Chakrav. |
Cucurbitaceae |
Climber |
KRK
& RVS 106246 |
Flowers
& Fruits |
|
50 |
Murdannia spirata (L.) G.Bruckn. |
Commelinaceae |
Herb |
RKM
107526 |
Flowers
& Fruits |
|
51 |
Mussaenda hirsutissima (Hook.f.)
Hutchinson ex Gamble |
Rubiaceae |
Shrub |
RKM
107532 |
Flowers
& Fruits |
|
52 |
Oberonia brunoniana Wight |
Orchidaceae |
Epiphytic
herb |
KRK
& RVS 106360 |
Fruits |
|
53 |
Ocimum gratissimum L. |
Lamiaceae |
Undershrub |
KRK
& RVS 106228 |
Flowers
& Fruits |
|
54 |
Olax scandens Roxb. |
Olacaceae |
Straggler |
RKM
107519 |
Flowers |
|
55 |
Olea paniculata R.Br. |
Oleaceae |
Tree |
RKM
106376 |
Fruits |
|
56 |
Osyris wightiana J.Graham |
Santalaceae |
Shrub |
RKM
106374 |
Flowers |
|
57 |
Oxyceros rugulosus (Thwaites) Tirveng. var. speciosus
|
Rubiaceae |
Straggler |
RKM
106371 |
Flowers |
|
|
(Bedd.) Kumari |
|
|
|
|
|
58 |
Pavetta indica L. var. montana
Thwaites ex Hook.f. |
Rubiaceae |
Shrub |
KRK
& RVS 106311 |
Flowers |
|
59 |
Peliosanthes teta Andr. subsp. humilis (Andr.) Jessop |
Haemodoraceae |
Herb |
KRK
& RVS 106324 |
Fruits |
|
60 |
Pentatropis capensis (L.f.)
Bullock |
Asclepiadaceae |
Twiner |
RKM
107518 |
Flowers |
|
61 |
Phyllanthus indofischeri Bennet |
Euphorbiaceae |
Tree |
KRK
& RVS 106300 |
Vegetative |
|
62 |
Phyllanthus kozhikodianus Sivar.
& Manilal |
Euphorbiaceae |
Herb |
KRK
& RVS 106294 |
Flowers
& Fruits |
|
63 |
Phyllanthus polyphyllus Willd. |
Euphorbiaceae |
Tree |
RKM
107503 |
Flowers
& Fruits |
|
64 |
Pittosporum tetraspermum Wight & Arn. |
Pittosporaceae |
Tree |
RKM
106382 |
Flowers |
|
65 |
Pleurostylia opposita (Wall.) Alston |
Celastraceae |
Tree |
RKM
106378 |
Flowers |
|
66 |
Polyalthia korintii (Dunal) Thwaites |
Annonaceae |
Shrub |
RKM
106369 |
Flowers |
|
67 |
Canthium dicoccum (Gaertn.) Teijsm. & Binn. var. |
Rubiaceae |
Tree |
RKM
106398 |
Fruits |
|
|
umbellata
(Wight) Sant. & Merch. |
|
|
|
|
|
68 |
Schrebera swietenioides Roxb. |
Oleaceae |
Tree |
RKM
107514 |
Vegetative |
|
69 |
Scilla hyacinthina (Roth) J.F.Macbr. |
Liliaceae |
Herb |
RKM
107527 |
Flowers
& Fruits |
|
70 |
Scolopia crenata (Wight & Arn.)
Clos |
Flacourtiaceae |
Tree |
RKM
106387 |
Flowers |
|
71 |
Scoparia dulcis L. |
Scrophulariaceae |
Herb |
RKM
107529 |
Flowers
& Fruits |
|
72 |
Scutellaria violacea B.Heyne ex Benth. |
Lamiaceae |
Herb |
KRK
& RVS 106234 |
Flowers
& Fruits |
|
73 |
Semecarpus anacardium L.f. |
Anacardiaceae |
Tree |
RKM
107522 |
Flowers
(Male) |
|
74 |
Solanum virginianum L. |
Solanaceae |
Undershrub |
KRK
& RVS 106229 |
Fruits |
|
75 |
Stephania japonica (Thunb.) Miers |
Menispermaceae |
Climber |
KRK
& RVS 106211 |
Flowers
& Fruits |
|
76 |
Streblus taxoides (B.Heyne ex
Roth) Kurz |
Moraceae |
Shrub |
RKM
106386 |
Flowers |
|
77 |
Strychnos lenticellata Hill |
Loganiaceae |
Straggler |
RKM
107506 |
Vegetative |
|
78 |
Stylosanthes fruticosa (Retz.) Alston |
Fabaceae |
Herb |
RKM
107534 |
Flowers |
|
79 |
Syzygium alternifolium (Wight) Walp. |
Myrtaceae |
Tree |
RKM
107521 |
Vegetative |
|
80 |
Terminalia alata B.Heyne ex Roth |
Combretaceae |
Tree |
RKM
106400 |
Flowers |
|
81 |
Tylophora tetrapetala (Dennst.)
Suresh |
Asclepiadaceae |
Twiner |
RKM
107511 |
Flowers |
|
82 |
Viscum ramosissimum Wall. ex
Wight & Arn. |
Viscaceae |
Parasitic
herb |
KRK
& RVS 106217 |
Flowers
& Fruits |
|
83 |
Zehneria maysorensis (Wight & Arn.)
Arn. |
Cucurbitaceae |
Climber |
KRK
& RVS 106319 |
Flowers
& Fruits |
|
84 |
Ziziphus glabrata B.Heyne ex Roth |
Rhamnaceae |
Straggler |
RKM
107505 |
Fruits |
|
85 |
Ziziphus nummularia (Burm.f.)
Wight & Arn. |
Rhamnaceae |
Shrub |
RKM
107502 |
Flowers |
RKM
- R. Kottaimuthu; KRK - K. Ravikumar;
RVS - R. Vijaya Sankar