Salomonia ciliata (L.) DC.

 

Family: Polygalaceae

Synonym: Polygala ciliata L. 

Vernacular name: Neela-amruthanjanchedi

 Habit: Herb

Habitat: Moist deciduous forests, also wetlands in the plains

Distribution: Indo-Malesia and Australia.

Flowering and Fruiting: October-December

Key identification features: These small annual herbs have angled stems, elliptic to oblong-lanceolate leaves, and pink flowers. The sepals are linear-lanceolate, and the petals can be pink or purplish. The stamens are monadelphous, and the ovary is sessile and spinulose. The capsules are obreniform, and the seeds are rounded and black .

Uses                  : Not recorded