442 recorded speciesThe living landscape
The living landscape
of Puducherry.
Species recorded in Puducherry, India. Explore their names, flowering records and profiles. Occurrence records do not by themselves establish native status.
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442 records
- Aak Calotropis gigantea · Throughout the year
- Aal Morinda coreia · Flowering season not recorded
- Aam Mangifera indica · January-July · Cultivated
- Abutilon neilgherrense Abutilon neilgherrense · August-March · Deciduous forests and scrub forests
- Acerola Malpighia emarginata · Flowering season not recorded
- Adkebeelu Balli Pothos scandens · May-November · Evergreen forests, waste places and sacred groves
- Agetha Premna serratifolia · January-November · On plains to hills of scrub jungles
- Akas Bel Cassytha filiformis · May-December · On bushes and small trees, margins of deciduous and scrub forests, also in agricultural fields
- Akas-Gaddah Corallocarpus epigaeus · August-March · Dry deciduous forests
- Aliyanchappu Zehneria maysorensis · June-December · Degraded forests and grasslands
- Amaltas Cassia fistula · March-December · Dry and moist deciduous forests
- Amla Phyllanthus emblica · July-May
- Anaar Punica granatum · March-September
- Ananas Ananas comosus · Flowering season not recorded
- Anglithor Euphorbia tirucalli · June-October · Open dry places
- Anikale Jhar Crassocephalum crepidioides · September-May · In open forests, forest edges and in gardens
- Anjan Memecylon umbellatum · February-September · Along rocks in ravines and slopes of semi-Evergreen forests, also in sholas
- Annual Strawflower Gnaphalium indicum · Throughout the year · In dry localities
- Antimiriyam Carallia brachiata · October-May · Semi-Evergreen forests, plains and mangrove littoral
- Aparajita Clitoria ternatea · March-October · Deciduous forests also cultivated as ornamental
- Arabi Colocasia esculenta · June-January
- Arandi Ricinus communis · Throughout the year
- Archaka Kandaale Sonneratia caseolaris · Throughout the year · Tidal forests
- Arjun Terminalia arjuna · May-February
- Arni Clerodendrum phlomidis · September-May · Dry and moist deciduous forests, also road sides
- Arrow-Leafed Morning Glory Ipomoea marginata · Throughout the year · Wastelands, scrub jungles and roadsides
- Artillery Gun Plant Pilea microphylla · Throughout the year · Weed in gardens
- Asan Terminalia alata · May-February · Dry deciduous forests
- Assathi Monoon longifolium · Flowering season not recorded
- Asthibhanga Cissus quadrangularis · Throughout the year · Dry deciduous forests and scrub forests
- Bada Ber Ziziphus jujuba · Flowering season not recorded
- Bada Gokharu Pedalium murex · April-December · Moist places in wastelands
- Badhara Gmelina asiatica · May-February · Dry deciduous forests and wastelands
- Badi Gumchi Adenanthera pavonina · January-September · Planted
- Bakain Melia azedarach · January-September · Moist and dry deciduous forests
- Bala Sida acuta · Throughout the year · Dry and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Balam Khira Kigelia africana · March-December · Planted
- Balini Jasminum multiflorum · July-March · Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Baliospermum montanum Baliospermum montanum · August-April · Moist deciduous forests and field borders; also shaded places
- Ban Karela Momordica dioica · July-October · Deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests, also in the plains
- Ban Naranga Suregada multiflora · January-September · Dry deciduous forests
- Ban Okra Hibiscus vitifolius · March-December · Dry deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests, also in the plains
- Banadrak Zingiber zerumbet · July-August · Evergreen forests
- Banati Lophopetalum wightianum · November-July · Evergreen forests and sacred groves
- Banshan Crotalaria verrucosa · Throughout the year · Moist deciduous forests and plains near moist places
- Bara Dudhi Euphorbia hirta · Throughout the year · Degraded forests, roadsides, open places and cultivated fields
- Bara Guma Leonotis nepetifolia · November-March · Deciduous forests, wastelands, river banks and roadsides
- Barachandrika Rauvolfia tetraphylla · Throughout the year · Forest plantations also in the plains
- Bargad Ficus benghalensis · Throughout the year · Dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Bargad Ficus benghalensis var. krishnae · January-July · Grown as ornamental
- Barhanta Tragia involucrata · Throughout the year · Scrub forests and wastelands
- Barringtonia Speciosa Barringtonia asiatica · Flowering season not recorded
- Barsanga Bergera koenigii · Flowering season not recorded
- Bartundi Morinda citrifolia · January-October · Waste lands, deciduos and mangrove forests
- Bat Dawana Conyza stricta · September-April · Dry deciduous forests
- Bauhinia retusa Bauhinia retusa · Flowering season not recorded
- Beach Gardenia Guettarda speciosa · March-October · Garden plant
- Bedina Mussaenda frondosa · Throughout the year · Moist deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests, also in the plains
- Benkara malabarica Benkara malabarica · February-November · Deciduous and scrub forests
- Besharam Ipomoea carnea · February-July
- Bhadraaksham Scaevola taccada · Throughout the year · Coastal and mangrove forests
- Bhangra Indigofera linifolia var. linifolia · September-January · Deciduous forests
- Bhant Clerodendrum infortunatum · December-February · Degraded forests areas and also in the plains
- Bhedisoppu Euphorbia heterophylla · May-August · Degraded forests and waste places
- Bhola Kleinhovia hospita · March-October · Planted
- Bhringraj Eclipta prostrata · Throughout the year
- Bhu Okra Phyla nodiflora · Throughout the year
- Bhuiamla Phyllanthus virgatus · Throughout the year · Moist and dry deciduous forests and grasslands, also in the plains
- Bhurat Solanum torvum · Throughout the year · Degraded forests and also in the plains
- Bilayati Babul Prosopis juliflora · October-May · In plains, sometimes gregarious in wastelands
- Bingi Papadi Tarenna asiatica · Throughout the year · Semi-evergreen, moist deciduous and shola forests, also in plains
- Birdsville Indigo Indigofera linnaei · July-January · Forests of foothills, grasslands and waste places
- Boat Lily Tradescantia spathacea · September-April · Grown as garden plant
- Bonmorich Rivina humilis · November-August · Along roadsides and waste places
- Booganbel Bougainvillea spectabilis · Flowering season not recorded
- Brahmi Bacopa monnieri · Throughout the year · Low lying marshy places and water puddles
- Brazilian Plume Justicia carnea · December-April
- Bugyale Polycarpaea corymbosa · August-February · Scrub jungles and agricultural fields
- Bush Bean Macroptilium lathyroides var. semierrectum · October-November · Open forests
- Candle Plant Pachystachys lutea · October-June
- Caribbean Copper Plant Euphorbia cotinifolia · Flowering season not recorded
- Cat's Tail Acalypha hispida · Throughout the year · Grown as ornamental plant
- Celandine Spider Flower Cleome chelidonii · Throughout the year · Grows as a weed in moist places of cultivated fields
- Cemetery Tree Polyalthia longifolia · March-September
- Ceylon Oak Schleichera trijuga · Flowering season not recorded · Planted
- Champa Plumeria obtusa · Throughout the year
- Champa Plumeria rubra · Throughout the year
- Chand Kal Macaranga peltata · February-November · Moist deciduous forests, secondary forests and in plains
- Chandni Tabernaemontana divaricata · Throughout the year
- Cherry Of The Rio Grande Eugenia bracteata · March-November · Scrub forests & Evergreen forests
- Cheruvela Cleome monophylla · Throughout the year · Waste places and cultivated fields
- Chestnutleaf Trumpetbush Tecoma castanifolia · Throughout the year
- Chikoo Manilkara zapota · Throughout the year
- Chinabadam Arachis hypogaea · Throughout the year · Cultivated
- Chinese Balsam Impatiens walleriana · Throughout the year
- Chiphal Zanthoxylum rhetsa · March-November · Evergreen and moist deciduous forests
- Chirpoti Solanum americanum · March-November · Degraded moist deciduous forest areas and riversides, also in the plains
- Chiru Kuppinta Acalypha alnifolia · Throughout the year · Moist deciduous and open deciduous forest, also in the plains along agriculture field borders
- Chitrabee Melochia corchorifolia · July-April · Moist clay soil
- Chitrak Plumbago zeylanica · Throughout the year · Deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Chonch Corchorus aestuans · May-December · Degraded deciduous forests, also in the wasteland
- Christ Plant Euphorbia milii · Throughout the year · Garden plant
- Chrysophyllum lanceolatum Chrysophyllum lanceolatum · January-May · Dry deciduous and Evergreen forests
- Chui-Mui Mimosa pudica · July-January · Foot hills of forests and moist places
- Chuttithiruthali Ipomoea triloba · September-November · Degraded forest areas, also in the plains
- Cissus pallida Cissus pallida · Throughout the year · Scrub and dry deciduous forest
- Civappu-P-Pula Breynia vitis-idaea · February-August · Semi-Evergreen forests, also moist deciduous forests
- Coconilla Solanum stramoniifolium · Flowering season not recorded
- Coral Vine Antigonon leptopus · Throughout the year · Cultivated
- Crab's Eye Sphenoclea zeylanica · October-May
- Crotalaria biflora Crotalaria biflora · June-February
- Cuban Buttercup Turnera subulata · Flowering season not recorded
- Daarekaddi Spermacoce latifolia · August-March · Moist and dry deciduous forests and waste places
- Dabi Cadaba fruticosa · Throughout the year
- Dadmurdan Senna alata · September-February · Along riversides and margin of ponds and also planted in gardens
- Dakshini Pachouli Pogostemon paniculatus · October-February · Moist deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests, also in wastelands
- Dalchini Cinnamomum verum · December-July · Evergreen and riparian forests, also cultivated
- Dalzell's Asystasia Asystasia dalzelliana · July-January · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests, on higher hill plains and road cuttings
- Daman Pappar Oldenlandia corymbosa · April-February · Degraded forests areas, also in the plains
- Dendrobium nutans Dendrobium nutans · March-May · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Devil's Backbone Euphorbia tithymaloides · Flowering season not recorded
- Dhakata Terada Impatiens minor · June-December · Moist shaded places
- Dhatura Datura metel · Throughout the year · Degraded dry- and moist deciduous forests and wastelands
- Dhava Anogeissus latifolia · March-December · Moist and dry deciduous forests
- Din Ka Raja Cestrum diurnum · Throughout the year
- Dirgha-Mula Ichnocarpus frutescens · August-December · Deciduous forests and plains
- Do Patti Lata Ipomoea pes-caprae · October-March · Sandy sea coasts and mangrove forests, also in the plains
- Draupadi Mala Rhynchostylis retusa · May-December · Moist deciduous forests, also in sacred groves
- Dry-Flower Pipewort Eriocaulon xeranthemum · August-November · In marshy places
- Dudhi Oxystelma esculentum · August-April · Scrub jungles and near water courses
- Dudhiakalmi Ipomoea alba · September-February · Moist deciduous forests, also along sea coasts
- Dumbi Rhizophora mucronata · April-October · Tidal forests
- Durgandh Khair Acacia farnesiana · September-February · Planted
- Dwarf Waterclover Marsilea minuta · Flowering season not recorded
- Ear-Leaf Acacia Acacia auriculiformis · December-August · Planted
- Eekh Saccharum officinarum · October-December
- Egyptian Starcluster Pentas lanceolata · Throughout the year · Grown as garden plant
- Elaeocarpus gaussenii Elaeocarpus gaussenii · February-April · Evergreen forests
- Eli-K-Kucci-P-Pul Spinifex littoreus · October-March · Sea shore
- Eranda Kul Croton laccifer · April-August · Shola forests bodering grasslands and semi-Evergreen forests
- Eranda Kul Croton roxburghii · February-December · Scrub forests, also in the plains
- Eria pauciflora Eria pauciflora · August-January · Evergreen forests
- Eyelashes Shell Beans Geissaspis cristata · July-January · Grassy patches in moist open places
- Fiddle Leaf Plumeria Plumeria pudica · August-March
- Foetid Passion Flower Passiflora foetida · June-December · Degraded forests and wastelands
- Gaild Olea paniculata · February-August · Moist deciduous and shola forests
- Gajar Ghas Parthenium hysterophorus · Throughout the year · A weed of human habitaitons
- Gamhar Gmelina arborea · February-June · Deciduous forests and in the plains
- Gandhraj Gardenia jasminoides · August-May · Grown as garden plant
- Gangiva Excoecaria agallocha · February-June · Banks of backwaters and mangrove forests
- Garkha Celosia argentea · September-October
- Genda Tagetes erecta · Flowering season not recorded
- Ghamra Tridax procumbens · Throughout the year · On plains to 1000m
- Ghat Baur Securinega leucopyrus · July-November · Dry deciduous forests
- Ghol Portulaca oleracea · Throughout the year · Wet areas in degraded forests, also weed of cultivation
- Ghritkumari Aloe vera · September-January · Dry deciduous forests and wasteland. Often planted
- Giripushpa Gliricidia sepium · February-May · Planted
- Gobla Ficus hispida · February-November · Moist deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests, also in plains
- Golden Leather Fern Acrostichum aureum · Flowering season not recorded · In salt marshes, along road side
- Golden Trumpet Vine Allamanda cathartica · Throughout the year · Garden plant
- Goolar Ficus racemosa · Throughout the year · Semi-evergreen and deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Graceful Spurge Euphorbia hypericifolia · Throughout the year · Open and dry localities
- Grahamis Groundsel Senecio grahamii · August-December
- Gudhal Hibiscus rosa-sinensis · Throughout the year · Grown as ornamental plant
- Gul Abbas Mirabilis jalapa · Throughout the year · Grown as garden plant
- Gul-Mehndi Impatiens balsamina · August-February · Grasslands and plateaus
- Gulabi Siris Samanea saman · January-July · Planted as avenue tree
- Gulmohar Delonix regia · April-June · Planted along roads and avenues
- Guthari Spermacoce articularis · June-February · Grasslands and dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Hairy Croton Croton hirtus · Throughout the year · Wastelands
- Halsi Aegiceras corniculatum · February-September · Mangrove forests and marshy areas
- Harinapadi Kul Evolvulus pilosus · Flowering season not recorded
- Harinapadi Kul Ipomoea pilosa · November-March
- Harkata Acanthus ilicifolius · November-July · Mangrove, marshy areas
- Harsingar Nyctanthes arbor-tristis · September-April · Open forests
- Hartho Flueggea leucopyrus · Flowering season not recorded
- Hasr Indigofera oblongifolia · September-January · Dry deciduous forests and scrubs
- Hathajori Heliotropium indicum · Throughout the year
- Heart Of Jesus Caladium bicolor · Flowering season not recorded
- Hibiscus furcatus Hibiscus furcatus · September-January
- Hoary Tephrosia Tephrosia hirta · May-November
- Hog Creeper Derris scandens · July-February · Scrub and dry deciduous forests, also in mangrove forests and sacred groves
- Hurhur Cleome viscosa · Throughout the year
- Imli Tamarindus indica · April-December · Planted
- Inchplant Tradescantia zebrina · Flowering season not recorded
- Indian Borage Coleus amboinicus · Flowering season not recorded
- Indian Nightshade Solanum indicum · May-February
- Iron-Wood Tree Memecylon edule · April-July
- Isharmul Aristolochia indica · July-February · Open dry deciduous forests and scrub jungles
- Ixora monticola Ixora monticola · Flowering season not recorded
- Jacquinia ruscifolia Jacquinia ruscifolia · April-May · Planted
- Jal Kumbhi Pontederia crassipes · Flowering season not recorded
- Jamun Syzygium caryophyllatum · February-June · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests, also in the plains
- Jamun Syzygium cumini · December-July · Evergreen forests and also in the plains
- Jangli Badam Terminalia catappa · Throughout the year · Grown as ornamental tree
- Jangli Badam Sterculia foetida · March-August · Deciduous forests and in the plains along coastal areas
- Jangli Erandi Jatropha glandulifera · Throughout the year · Plains, wastelands and scrub jungles
- Jangli Pudina Ageratum conyzoides · Throughout the year
- Jarul Lagerstroemia speciosa · March-January · Semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests, mostly along banks of streams
- Jhatela Premna latifolia · May-January · Foothills, scrub or open forests of all hill ranges
- Jhenia Zinnia elegans · Flowering season not recorded
- Jhingan Lannea coromandelica · January-July · Deciduous forests
- Jhinti Barleria cristata · June-March · Dry deciduous forests
- Jhinti Barleria prionitis · August-March · Dry deciduous forests and scrub jungles
- Juhi Jasminum auriculatum · April-February · Dry deciduous forests and grasslands; also grown as garden plant
- Jungle Jalebi Pithecellobium dulce · December-July · Deciduous forests, also planted in gardens
- Jvalamukhi Phulon Ki Bel Clerodendrum thomsoniae · Throughout the year · Often cultivated in gardens
- Kabutar Ka Phul Rhinacanthus nasutus · December-April · Shaded palces in dry deciduous forests
- Kachnar Bauhinia variegata · September-May · Deciduous forests
- Kadam Anthocephalus chinensis · November-July
- Kadam Tree Neolamarckia cadamba · April-September · Along banks of rivers and streams in Evergreen forests, also in the plains
- Kadapananthu Stachytarpheta urticifolia · Throughout the year · Moist areas of the forests and plains
- Kafi Coffea arabica · March-December · Cultivated
- Kaiktas Cereus peruvianus · August-September
- Kaim Mitragyna parvifolia · March-December · Moist deciduous and deciduous forests
- Kaji Bridelia retusa · August-February · Deciduous forests
- Kaju Anacardium occidentale · December-May
- Kakamari Anamirta cocculus · August-May · Moist deciduous, Evergreen forests, also sacred groves in the plains
- Kala Adulsa Justicia gendarussa · December-May · Planted along hedges; frequently runs wild
- Kala Bhangra Croton bonplandianus · Throughout the year · Degraded forests and roadsides
- Kale Madhu Ka Per Phyllanthus reticulatus · June-March · Foothills of forests, stream banks, moist places in deciduous forests and semi-Evergreen forests
- Kali Mirch Piper nigrum · Throughout the year · Evergreen and semi-evergreen and also cultivated
- Kali Musli Curculigo orchioides · April-December · Moist deciduous forests and grasslands, also in the plains
- Kalihari Gloriosa superba · July-November · Semi-evergreen, moist deciduous and dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Kalmegh Andrographis paniculata · March-December · Scrub forests and plains
- Kalmi Sag Ipomoea aquatica · Throughout the year · Ponds and lakes. Naturalized
- Kamal Nelumbo nucifera · Throughout the year · Fresh water ponds and lakes
- Kamlata Ipomoea quamoclit · July-January · Garden plant
- Kana Commelina benghalensis · July-November · Wasteland and deciduous forests
- Kanak Gol Tithonia diversifolia · September-May
- Kandal Kandelia candel · February-August · Tidal forests
- Kandulessa Drosera indica · August-March · Wet areas in moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Kaner Nerium oleander · Throughout the year
- Kanghi Blainvillea acmella · September-April · Waysides, waste places, Deciduous forests
- Kanphuta Cardiospermum halicacabum · July-February · Moist deciduous forests, also in scrub jungle and plains
- Kanshura Commelina diffusa · April-November · Sandy soil in dry deciduous forests and scrub forests
- Kanta Karanja Caesalpinia crista · February-June · Deciduous forests and mangrove forests
- Kanupoolaku Catharanthus pusillus · July-January · Weed of cultivation and colonizer
- Kapar Wrightia tinctoria · February-October · Dry and mixed deciduous forests
- Karanj Pongamia pinnata · April-December · Deciduous forests, also planted as avenue tree
- Karela Momordica charantia · Flowering season not recorded
- Kari Patta Murraya koenigii · Throughout the year · Cultivated
- Kari Uttaraani Stachytarpheta jamaicensis · Throughout the year · Dry and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Kasaundi Senna occidentalis · July-February · Margins of scrub forests, occasional in low elevations and roadsides
- Kassod Senna siamea · July-December · Planted and self sown
- Kasturi Quassia amara · January-November
- Katapergu Erycibe paniculata · September-May · Semi-Evergreen forests, also in sacred groves
- Kathmauli Bauhinia racemosa · April-January · Dry and moist deciduous forests
- Kattu-Nocci Vitex leucoxylon · Throughout the year · Along river banks, streams in evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Kesavathini Centratherum punctatum · August-January
- Keu Hellenia speciosa · Flowering season not recorded
- Khir-Khimp Sarcostemma viminale · August-May
- Kinarwel Ipomoea violacea · August-March · Scrub jungles near sea coasts and along roadsides
- Kirantinayakam Ruellia tuberosa · Throughout the year
- Kokaa Nymphaea rubra · Throughout the year · Water bodies
- Konalilai Mallotus repandus · November-April · Scrub forests, near the sea coast
- Krishna Chura Caesalpinia pulcherrima · Throughout the year · Grown as ornamental plant
- Krishna Phal Passiflora edulis · March-May
- Krishnaneela Thunbergia erecta · Throughout the year
- Kumudini Nymphoides indica · Throughout the year · Ditches and ponds
- Kundru Coccinia grandis · Throughout the year · Dry deciduous forests, wasteland, also cultivated
- Kuppi Acalypha indica · July-December · Dry deciduous forests also in the plains
- Kutaja Holarrhena pubescens · March-October · Deciduous and scrub forests
- Kyllinga bulbosa Kyllinga bulbosa · August-December · Marshy areas
- Lahare Banamaaraa Mikania micrantha · January-April
- Lajalu Biophytum sensitivum · Throughout the year · Moist shaded places in deciduous forests
- Lajri Caesalpinia mimosoides · October-March · Secondary forests and farmlands
- Lakshmitaru Simarouba glauca · January-May · Grown in homesteads and as an avenue tree
- Lal Amrud Psidium guajava · Throughout the year
- Lal Chandan Pterocarpus santalinus · April-June; Fruit till February · Deciduous forests, also planted
- Lal Chirchita Cyathula prostrata · September-April · Moist deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests
- Lal Lasora Cordia sebestena · November-April
- Lampa Chrysopogon aciculatus · August-October · Degraded dry and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Lashtia Tephrosia candida · August-March · Moist deciduous forests, also degraded forests areas
- Lavana Valli Asystasia gangetica · August-December · Degraded forests and plains
- Lazuli Bladderwort Utricularia lazulina · July-September · Wet and water logged places over laterite and grasslands
- Lebombo Potatobush Phyllanthus pinnatus · June-April · Moist deciduous to Evergreen forests
- Lily Of The Valley Tree Elaeocarpus lanceolatus · Flowering season not recorded
- Limeberry Micromelum minutum · January-June · Semi-Evergreen forests
- Little Glory Murdannia semiteres · July-December · Among sedges and grasses
- Little Ironweed Cyanthillium cinereum · Flowering season not recorded
- Lohajangin Ixora arborea · January-October · Dry and moist deciduous forests
- Loubuk Leiri Rotala rosea · August-February · Along streams and marshy areas in grasslands
- Madhu Malati Quisqualis indica · Throughout the year
- Madhumalti Combretum indicum · Flowering season not recorded
- Maidalakri Litsea glutinosa · Throughout the year · Deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests
- Makhamal Cosmos caudatus · August-April · Cultivated
- Makora Ziziphus oenopolia · Flowering season not recorded
- Malaxis rheedei Malaxis rheedei · July-March · Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests
- Manga Poovu Cosmos sulphureus · Throughout the year · Cultivated
- Mangium Tree Acacia mangium · February-July · Grown as avenue tree, also raised in plantations
- Mapoon Bush Morinda reticulata · March-September · Evergreen forests
- Maramthinniatti Ficus exasperata · November-May · Stream banks of mixed forests and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Marorphali Helicteres isora · April-January · Deciduous forests, also in plantations and plains
- Mashitandu Chedi Peperomia pellucida · August-February · Degraded forest areas and wasteland near moist and shaded places
- Mehendi Lawsonia inermis · December-May · Grown as hedge plant
- Memecylon malabaricum Memecylon malabaricum · Flowering season not recorded
- Mercury Doughwood Micrococca mercurialis · June-December · Degraded moist deciduous forests, also forests plantations and plains
- Mexican Ruellia Ruellia simplex · Flowering season not recorded
- Mexican Tea Chenopodium ambrosioides · Throughout the year · Degraded forests and wasteland
- Mirch Capsicum annuum · Throughout the year
- Missi Striga gesnerioides · August-November · Scrub jungles and deciduous forests
- Money Plant Epipremnum aureum · Flowering season not recorded
- Morinda tinctoria Morinda tinctoria · March-June
- Mothirakanni Hugonia mystax · May-October · Dry and moist deciduous forests, also scrub jungles of the plains
- Mudiyendra Pacha Synedrella nodiflora · July-April · Garden plant
- Mukkuli Keerai Portulaca pilosa · July-December · Moist deciduous forests and plains
- Mullein Nightshade Solanum verbascifolium · February-July
- Nagalinga Couroupita guianensis · Throughout the year · Grown in gardens and temple premises
- Nagamani Ariopsis peltata · June-August
- Naithumba Pogostemon quadrifolius · August-January · Scrub jungles in laterite hillocks
- Nariyal Cocos nucifera · Throughout the year
- Narrow-Leaved Witchweed Striga angustifolia · July-November · Open grassy places
- Neel Indigofera tinctoria · August-January · Degraded forest areas and waste places
- Neel Lata Thunbergia grandiflora · February-July · Cultivated
- Neeli Bel Ipomoea cairica · Throughout the year · Dry and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Neem Azadirachta indica · March-September · Dry deciduous forests, gardens, roadsides
- Neerambal Nymphaea pubescens · Throughout the year · Water bodies
- Netha Kina Cyanotis cristata · July-November · Grasslands, degraded forest areas and wastelandS
- Nickernut Guilandina bonduc · Flowering season not recorded
- Nil Hurhure Cleome rutidosperma · August-February · Moist places
- Nilgiri Belly-Lip Orchid Gastrochilus pulchellus · Flowering season not recorded
- Nirgundi Vitex negundo · January-September · Common in all areas along streams, roadside and fencing villages
- Nonia Portulaca grandiflora · Throughout the year
- Paan Piper betle · Throughout the year
- Paka Urena lobata subsp. sinuata · July-December · Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Palash Butea monosperma · January-July · Deciduous forests
- Panama Rose Arachnothryx leucophylla · Flowering season not recorded
- Panchpatia Ipomoea pes-tigridis · Throughout the year · Deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Panlata Derris trifoliata · January-October · Mangrove forests and backwaters
- Papita Carica papaya · Throughout the year
- Parakeet Flower Heliconia psittacorum · Throughout the year · Grown as garden plant
- Paral Polygonum chinense · Throughout the year · Evergreen, semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests
- Paras Pipal Thespesia populnea · August-January · Mangrove forests; also grown in gardens and as avenue tree
- Paras Pipal Ficus arnottiana · June-September · Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests
- Pasali Talinum fruticosum · Flowering season not recorded
- Patharchatta Elytraria acaulis · Throughout the year · Scrub jungles
- Peeli Kaner Cascabela thevetia · Throughout the year · Planted
- Phenil Sapindus trifoliatus · October-April · Semievergreen and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Phyllanthus rotundifolius Phyllanthus rotundifolius · May-February · Open deciduous forests and sandy localities
- Piliya Tecoma stans · Throughout the year
- Pipal Ficus religiosa · Throughout the year
- Pipli Piper longum · August-January · Semi-evergreen and evergreen and moist deciduous forests
- Pitmari Naregamia alata · August-December · Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Polygonum dichotomum Polygonum dichotomum · Flowering season not recorded
- Popti Physalis angulata · July-December · Moist localities in plains, degraded forests and waste places
- Pretty Dragon's Tongue Desmodium pulchellum · September-February · Dry deciduous and moist deciduous forests
- Priyadarsha Crossandra infundibuliformis · Throughout the year · Cultivated
- Prostrate Justicia Justicia prostrata · June-January · On plains to 800m, on bare pasturelands or exposed slopes and deciduous forests
- Punal-Murunkai Indigofera trita var. maffei · Flowering season not recorded · Dry evergreen to dry deciduous forests
- Punal-Murunkai Indigofera trita var. trita · August-March · Deciduous forests, waste places and margins of forests
- Punarnava Boerhavia diffusa · Throughout the year
- Purple Allamanda Allamanda blanchetii · Throughout the year
- Purple Justicia Justicia procumbens · June-March · Scrub jungles
- Purple Kachnar Bauhinia purpurea · February-December; Fruits throughout the year · Deciduous forest and Planted
- Rabara Vriksh Ficus elastica · February-April · Planted as ornamental tree
- Raimuniya Lantana camara · Throughout the year
- Raktarohan Soymida febrifuga · February-July · Deciduous forests
- Ranchimani Andrographis echioides · Flowering season not recorded · Wasteland and plains
- Rasili Russelia equisetiformis · Throughout the year
- Ratanjot Jatropha curcas · Throughout the year
- Ratnaaulo Polygonum nepalense · September-February · Evergreen and shola forests
- Red Sealing-Wax Palm Cyrtostachys renda · Throughout the year
- Reshamkatha Alternanthera ficoidea · Flowering season not recorded
- Reshamkatha Alternanthera tenella · Throughout the year
- Reticulata Utricularia reticulata · Throughout the year · Paddy fields, ponds and marshy areas
- Rose Pink Zephyr Lily Zephyranthes carinata · Flowering season not recorded
- Rugmini Ixora coccinea · Throughout the year · Cultivated
- Rugtoora Spathodea campanulata · July-March · Planted as an avenue tree, also as shade tree in coffee plantations
- Sabuni Trianthema portulacastrum · July-October · Scrub jungles
- Sadabahar Catharanthus roseus · Throughout the year
- Safed Dhatura Datura innoxia · Throughout the year
- Safed Kachnar Bauhinia acuminata · Throughout the year · Planted
- Sagar Pathari Launaea sarmentosa · March-November
- Sagun Tectona grandis · April-September · Moist deciduous forests and also raised in plantations
- Sahjan Moringa oleifera · Throughout the year · Cultivated
- Saiparesi Kyllinga brevifolia · June-February · Marshy areas, wastelands and roadsides
- Samai Clerodendrum paniculatum · May-December · Often cultivated in gardens
- Samkru Coix lacryma-jobi · August-June · Marshy areas
- San Crotalaria juncea · August-May · All types of forests and plains
- Sandal Santalum album · Throughout the year · Foothills of dry deciduous forests and also in homesteads
- Saptaparni Alstonia scholaris · June-January · Moist deciduous forests
- Sarcanthus pauciflorus Sarcanthus pauciflorus · June-August
- Sarvajjaya Canna indica · Throughout the year
- Scrambling Clerodendrum Volkameria inermis · Flowering season not recorded
- Sea Daisy Wedelia biflora · May-June · Occasional in tidal forests, also on sandy sea shore
- Sea Grape Coccoloba uvifera · Flowering season not recorded · Plains
- Seete-Che Pohe Eragrostis unioloides · Throughout the year · Bunds of paddy fields, streams, banks of backwaters and waste places
- Sem Lablab purpureus · October-February
- Shahtoot Morus alba · Throughout the year · Cultivated
- Shakarkand Manihot esculenta · February-December · Cultivated
- Sharifa Annona squamosa · March-December · Dry deciduous and scrub forests
- Shirish Albizia lebbeck · February-May · Scrub forests and roadsides, also in plains
- Shisham Dalbergia sissoo · January-April (Fl.); Marchch onwards (Fr.) · Planted
- Shivalingi Diplocyclos palmatus · August-January · Deciduous forests, also roadsides
- Shrub Vinca Kopsia fruticosa · Throughout the year
- Shweta Boerhavia erecta · Throughout the year · Deciduous forests and wasteland
- Sida rhomboidea Sida rhomboidea · July-September · Wastelands
- Singapore Cherry Muntingia calabura · Throughout the year · Garden plant
- Sleeping Hibiscus Malvaviscus penduliflorus · Flowering season not recorded
- Smooth Justicia Justicia glabra · September-January · Hedges and open forests
- Soap-Nut Acacia Acacia sinuata · January-June · Moist deciduous forests
- Solanum Solanum ferox · Flowering season not recorded
- Spicy Jatropha Jatropha integerrima · Throughout the year · Cultivated
- Spider Hibiscus Hibiscus schizopetalus · Throughout the year · Cultivated
- Spreading Justicia Justicia diffusa · Throughout the year · On hills above 800m on bare slopes, in Evergreen forests, also near water courses in grasslands
- Straggler Daisy Calyptocarpus vialis · Flowering season not recorded
- Su E Balli Pisonia aculeata · March-April · Semi-Evergreen forests and dry deciduous forests, also in rocky islands
- Subabul Leucaena leucocephala · Throughout the year · Plains and foothills of forests
- Sudakku Thakkali Nicandra physalodes · July-February · All types of forests
- Sultan Champa Calophyllum inophyllum · March-November · Plains, especially towards the coast and cultivated in gardens
- Sunset Bells Chrysothemis pulchella · Flowering season not recorded
- Supari Areca catechu · Throughout the year
- Sweet Alys Alysicarpus bupleurifolius · September-January · Deciduous forests, plains, in grasslands
- Taad Borassus flabellifer · February-August · Common near the sea coasts
- Tamatar Solanum lycopersicum · Flowering season not recorded
- Teasle Gourd Momordica subangulata · Flowering season not recorded
- Thorny Staff Tree Maytenus emarginata · November-March
- Thumbai Leucas aspera · Throughout the year · Open deciduous forests
- Til Sesamum indicum · Throughout the year · Cultivated
- Titli Phool Euphorbia cyathophora · June-January · Grown in gardens
- Tivra Gandha Chromolaena odorata · October-May
- Tomato Plant Lycopersicon esculentum · Throughout the year
- Trailing Daisy Sphagneticola trilobata · Flowering season not recorded
- Tree Spinach Cnidoscolus aconitifolius · Flowering season not recorded
- Tulsi Ocimum tenuiflorum · Flowering season not recorded
- Tutuva Ai Solanum trilobatum · Flowering season not recorded
- Utricularia arcuata Utricularia arcuata · Flowering season not recorded
- Variegated Croton Codiaeum variegatum · Flowering season not recorded
- Vernonia arborea Vernonia arborea · September-May · On hills above 1200m in sholas and Evergreen forests
- Vernonia monosis Vernonia monosis · Flowering season not recorded
- Vijayasara Pterocarpus marsupium · March-November · Deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Visnukrantha Evolvulus alsinoides · March-October · Moist and dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Vitis reticulata Vitis reticulata · April-June
- Water Lettuce Pistia stratiotes · May-February
- Weeping Fig Ficus benjamina · Throughout the year · Planted
- White Babool Acacia leucophloea · July-February · Dry deciduous forests
- Wide Spikenard Mesosphaerum suaveolens · Flowering season not recorded
- Wishbone Flower Torenia fournieri · Throughout the year · Grown as garden plant
- Witchweed Striga asiatica · Throughout the year · Grasslands in open deciduous forests
- Yellow Gulmohar Peltophorum pterocarpum · March-December
- Yellow-Flowered Waterhyssop Mecardonia procumbens · July-January · Degraded moist deciduous forests, grasslands and waste places. Garden weed
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