2140 recorded speciesThe living landscape
The living landscape
of Tamil Nadu.
Species recorded in Tamil Nadu, India. Explore their names, flowering records and profiles. Occurrence records do not by themselves establish native status.
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- Aak Calotropis gigantea · Throughout the year
- Aak Calotropis procera · Throughout the year
- Aal Morinda coreia · Flowering season not recorded
- Aam Mangifera indica · January-July · Cultivated
- Aamari Antidesma acidum · May-December · Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests and sacred groves
- Aankuri Bankuri Aeginetia indica · July-December · Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forest and shady places
- Aat Or Aataa / Ataa Annona reticulata · May-January · Cultivated
- Abai Canavalia ensiformis · August-March
- Abnus Diospyros ebenum · February-August · Evergreen & deciduous forests
- Abutilon neilgherrense Abutilon neilgherrense · August-March · Deciduous forests and scrub forests
- Acacia torta Acacia torta · Throughout the year · Mixed and deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Acerola Malpighia emarginata · Flowering season not recorded
- Acorn Peperomia Peperomia tetraphylla · August-March · Evergreen, moist deciduous forests. Often on moss-clade tree trunks
- Adarak Zingiber officinale · Flowering season not recorded
- Adavi Kaasiratnam Ipomoea hederifolia · September-March · Along stream sides and degraded forests areas
- Adavi Tangadi Senna surattensis · August-January · Common in almost all dry deciduous forests of the Eastern Ghats
- Adavia Malle Jasminum cuspidatum · January-March · Evergreen and shola forests
- Adder's Tongue Ophioglossum reticulatum · Flowering season not recorded
- Adenia wightiana Adenia wightiana · August-January · Semi-evergreen and dry deciduous forests
- Adhomukhi Trichodesma amplexicaule · Flowering season not recorded
- Adkebeelu Balli Pothos scandens · May-November · Evergreen forests, waste places and sacred groves
- African Mahogany Khaya senegalensis · January-June
- African Spear Dracaena angolensis · Flowering season not recorded
- African Spleenwort Asplenium aethiopicum · Flowering season not recorded
- Agasthiyamalaia pauciflora Agasthiyamalaia pauciflora · December-March · Evergreen forests
- Agati Sesbania grandiflora · December-March · Cultivated
- Agetha Premna serratifolia · January-November · On plains to hills of scrub jungles
- Aginbuti Ammannia baccifera · September-April · Paddy fields and wetlands
- Agya Striga densiflora · Throughout the year
- Aini Artocarpus hirsutus · December-June · Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Aisar Callicarpa tomentosa · Throughout the year · Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Akanadi Stephania japonica · Throughout the year · Evergreen and moist deciduous forests- on waysides, on thickets, exposed slopes, fences and shola borders
- 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
- Akkajogi Osbeckia zeylanica · November-March · Moist places in scrub, deciduous- and moist deciduous forests
- Akkasarali Diospyros sylvatica · March-July; September. Onwards · Damp forests, deciduous forests, evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Akol Alangium salviifolium · February-June · Dry deciduous forests
- Akra Strobilanthes heyneanus · October-December · Margins of shola forests and grasslands
- Alanchi Rhododendron arboreum subsp. nilagiricum · February-June · Shola forests
- Alinchi Rhododendron nilagiricum · December-April · Shola forests
- Aliyanchappu Zehneria maysorensis · June-December · Degraded forests and grasslands
- Alkali Heliotrope Heliotropium curassavicum · March-January
- Alli Diospyros angustifolia · February-September
- Alligator Plant Kalanchoe daigremontiana · Flowering season not recorded
- Aloe-Leaved Cymbidium Cymbidium aloifolium · July-April · Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests
- Alu Solanum tuberosum · Flowering season not recorded
- Alunkumaram Turpinia malabarica · January-April · Evergreen forests
- Alysicarpus rugosus Alysicarpus rugosus · Throughout the year · Scrub forests
- Amalpori Rauvolfia densiflora · March-April · Evergreen forests
- Amaltas Cassia fistula · March-December · Dry and moist deciduous forests
- Amantamul Solena amplexicaulis · April-January · Deciduous forests
- Amar Bel Cuscuta reflexa · October-April · Deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Amarkand Eulophia nuda · April-July
- Ambara Spondias pinnata · January-June · Deciduous- and semi-evergreen forests, also in plains
- Ambata Nothopegia beddomei · April-June · Shola forests
- Ambgool Elaeagnus latifolia · November-March · Semi-evergreen, evergreen, moist deciduous-and shola forests
- Amdi Vanda testacea · April-July · Moist deciduous forests and also in the plains
- American Elderberry Sambucus canadensis · December-June
- American Mint Hyptis suaveolens · Throughout the year · Degraded moist and dry deciduous forests, also in waste places and road sides
- Amla Phyllanthus emblica · July-May
- Amomum muricatum Amomum muricatum · April-June · Evergreen forests
- Amrul Oxalis corniculata · Throughout the year · Degraded forests, also in the plains
- Amti Antidesma ghaesembilla · April-December · Mixed forests
- Ana-Mullu Dalbergia horrida · September-February · Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests, also sacred groves and plains
- Anaar Punica granatum · March-September
- Anakamitam Atalantia monophylla · Throughout the year · Dry deciduous forests
- Ananas Ananas comosus · Flowering season not recorded
- Anantamul Hemidesmus indicus var. indicus · September-June · Deciduous forests and scrub jungles, also in the plains
- Anantamul Hemidesmus indicus var. pubescens · February-March · Dry deciduous forests and scrubjungles
- Andhahuli Cynoglossum zeylanicum · January-November · Deciduous forests
- Andhi-Neel Indigofera hirsuta · July-February · Plains to high altitude hills
- Andrographis affinis Andrographis affinis · November-May · Shola floor and on cleared slopes
- Andrographis alata Andrographis alata · November-March · Moist deciduous forests and grasslands
- Angel's Trumpet Datura arborea · Throughout the year
- Angled Wild Mallow Abelmoschus angulosus var. angulosus · Throughout the year · Moist deciduous, semi-evergreen and shola forests
- Angled-Stem Fimbry Fimbristylis tetragona · August-February · Wet and moist paddy fields
- Anglithor Euphorbia tirucalli · June-October · Open dry places
- Anikale Jhar Crassocephalum crepidioides · September-May · In open forests, forest edges and in gardens
- Anipe Balli Mucuna monosperma · November-April · Evergreen, dry deciduous and moist deciduous forests
- Anisochilus robustus Anisochilus robustus · January-November · Rocky areas in Evergreen forests
- Anjan Hardwickia binata · August-January · Dry deciduous forests
- 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
- Antidesma zeylanicum Antidesma zeylanicum · March-November · Evergreen forests
- Antimiriyam Carallia brachiata · October-May · Semi-Evergreen forests, plains and mangrove littoral
- Apamarg Achyranthes aspera · September-April
- Aparajita Clitoria ternatea · March-October · Deciduous forests also cultivated as ornamental
- Aphananthe cuspidata Aphananthe cuspidata · February-May · Semi-Evergreen forests
- Aporosa fusiformis Aporosa fusiformis · January-April · Evergreen forests
- Appakovai Kedrostis foetidissima · December-March · Scrub forests
- Aqua Dendrobium Dendrobium aqueum · September-May · Evergreen, Shola forests
- Arabi Colocasia esculenta · June-January
- Aradanda Capparis zeylanica · January-October · Scrub forests and dry deciduous forests
- Aragina Mara Shorea roxburghii · February-May
- Arale Hullu Floscopa scandens · January-October · Marshy areas
- Aramaadala Zanthoxylum ovalifolium · November-August · Evergreen forests and deciduous forests
- Arandi Ricinus communis · Throughout the year
- Aranthal Antiaris toxicaria · January-April · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests, also in the sacred groves
- Aranyatulasi Ocimum americanum · Throughout the year · Open deciduous forests, wastelands and degraded forests
- Ardisia blatteri Ardisia blatteri · October-December · Evergreen and shola forests
- Arhar Cajanus cajan · June-February · Cultivated
- 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
- Arrowhead Rattlebox Crotalaria lunulata · August-November
- Arrowleaf Elephant's Ear Xanthosoma sagittifolium · October-January
- Arrucancali Hydnocarpus alpina · February-April · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Artillery Gun Plant Pilea microphylla · Throughout the year · Weed in gardens
- Arum Lily Zantedeschia aethiopica · Throughout the year · Rarely found as an escape in moist situations
- Arus Justicia adhatoda · October-March · Plains
- Asan Terminalia alata · May-February · Dry deciduous forests
- Ashwagandha Withania somnifera · April-December
- Ashy Pipewort Eriocaulon cinereum · August-December · Marshy areas
- Asian Bladderwort Utricularia uliginosa · August-December · Moist places in grasslands
- Asian Crabgrass Digitaria bicornis · March-December · Deciduous forests, Scrub forests
- Asoka Saraca indica · Flowering season not recorded
- Asplenium yoshinagae subsp. indicum Asplenium yoshinagae subsp. indicum · Flowering season not recorded · Semi-evergreen forests under partial shade
- Assam Susor Hibiscus surattensis · September-February · Dry and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Assathi Monoon longifolium · Flowering season not recorded
- Asthibhanga Cissus quadrangularis · Throughout the year · Dry deciduous forests and scrub forests
- Atalantia wightii Atalantia wightii · November-June · Semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests
- Atanki Gordonia obtusa · October-May · Evergreen forests and shola forests
- Attak Flacourtia montana · February-October · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Attuvayana Cinnamomum heyneanum · November-March · Along the banks of streams in semi-Evergreen forests
- Atukkuk Kurunku Ecbolium viride var. viride · Throughout the year · Dry deciduous and scrub forests
- Australian Umbrella Tree Heptapleurum actinophyllum · Flowering season not recorded
- Avukarum Nothopegia travancorica · December-May
- Awned Panick Grass Oplismenus compositus · Throughout the year · Degraded deciduous forests and shady places, also in the plains
- Baadu Bakka Pterolobium hexapetalum · March-November · In foothills of scrub jungles and deciduous forests
- Babrang Embelia tsjeriam-cottam · May-January · Moist deciduous forests, open forests and plains
- Babul Acacia nilotica · July-October · Introduced and planted
- Baby Rose Rosa multiflora · Throughout the year
- Bada Ber Ziziphus jujuba · Flowering season not recorded
- Bada Gokharu Pedalium murex · April-December · Moist places in wastelands
- Badaward Oligochaeta ramosa · September-March · Scrub jungles
- Badhara Gmelina asiatica · May-February · Dry deciduous forests and wastelands
- Badi Gumchi Adenanthera pavonina · January-September · Planted
- Badi Indrayan Citrullus colocynthis · May-October · Dry deciduous forests
- Bagamushada Tiliacora acuminata · Throughout the year · Stream banks of deciduous and moist deciduous forests, also sacred groves in the plains
- Bagh-Moochh Tacca leontopetaloides · July-October · Stream banks of mixed forests. Also grown as garden plant
- Bahera Terminalia bellirica · March-December · Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Bahuvar Cordia myxa · Flowering season not recorded
- Baingan Solanum melongena var. insanum · Throughout the year · Roadsides, wastelands, homesteads and sometimes grown as medicinal plants
- Bajar-Battu Corypha umbraculifera · November-June
- Bajira Cenchrus americanus · Flowering season not recorded
- Bakain Melia azedarach · January-September · Moist and dry deciduous forests
- Bakshel Salix tetrasperma · July-March · Semi-Evergreen forests
- Bakul Mimusops elengi · December-September · Semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests, also grown in homesteads
- Bala Sida acuta · Throughout the year · Dry and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Balage Vitex altissima · April-December · Moist deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests, also in sacred groves
- Balam Khira Kigelia africana · March-December · Planted
- Ballikaakanchi Paramignya monophylla · October-March · Evergreen forests
- Balloon Cottonbush Gomphocarpus physocarpus · May-December · Garden plant
- Bama Crateva magna · March-August · Semi-Evergreen forests, also along river banks
- Bambay-Jayphal Myristica malabarica · January-September · Evergreen and swamp forests
- Bambhutka Physalis peruviana · Throughout the year
- Bamboo Orchid Arundina graminifolia · Flowering season not recorded
- Ban Dhania Eryngium foetidum · February-November
- Ban Karela Momordica dioica · July-October · Deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests, also in the plains
- Ban Kasur Ophiopogon intermedius · July-December · Shola forests and grasslands, also Evergreen forests
- Ban Long Ludwigia octovalvis · Throughout the year
- Ban Naranga Suregada multiflora · January-September · Dry deciduous forests
- Ban Nimbu Glycosmis pentaphylla · September-April · Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Ban Okra Hibiscus vitifolius · March-December · Dry deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests, also in the plains
- Ban Piaj Drimia indica · December-May · Dry deciduous forests and also in the plains
- Ban Syona Pajanelia longifolia · January-June
- Ban Tamakhu Solanum erianthum · Throughout the year · Degraded semi-evergreen, moist deciduous forests, also in wasteland
- Ban-Methi Crotalaria albida · September-January · Grasslands
- Ban-Tambakhu Elephantopus scaber · August-January
- Banadrak Zingiber zerumbet · July-August · Evergreen forests
- Banafsha Viola pilosa · January-April · Evergreen forests
- Banana Passion Flower Passiflora tarminiana · Flowering season not recorded
- Banar Chamaecrista absus · August-February · Abundant in disturbed grounds in deciduous forests, also degraded forests and plains
- Banati Lophopetalum wightianum · November-July · Evergreen forests and sacred groves
- Banda Dendrophthoe falcata · December-May · Moist and dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Bandhaniya Cyathocline purpurea · September-March · Near stream
- Bandhula Tolypanthus lagenifer · August-November · Evergreen forests
- Bankhanghi Abutilon hirtum · September-April
- Bankhara Dalbergia volubilis · February-June · Moist deciduous and deciduous forests
- Bankosta Corchorus fascicularis · September-February · Drying ditchers in scrub jungle
- Bankumara Pueraria tuberosa · December-June · Dry and moist deciduous forests
- Banpalas Schrebera swietenioides · April-June · Moist deciduous and dry deciduous forests
- Bans Bambusa vulgaris · July-February · Grown in homesteads and parks
- Bans Dendrocalamus strictus · October-March · Deciduous forests, also grown in the plains
- 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
- Bara Kulanjan Alpinia galanga · August-May · Widely cultivated
- Bara-Nagar-Motha Cyperus rotundus · Throughout the year · Plains
- Bara-Salpan Flemingia macrophylla · August-March · Mixed deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Barachandrika Rauvolfia tetraphylla · Throughout the year · Forest plantations also in the plains
- Baranal Arundo donax · August-June · Along banks of streams and backwaters
- Barbada Indigo Indigofera glandulosa · July-February · Deciduous forests, scrub jungles and agricultural fields
- Barbados Cherry Eugenia uniflora · March-July · Cultivated
- 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
- Barhanta Solanum anguivi · Throughout the year · Dry deciduous forests
- Barleria acuminata Barleria acuminata · November-December · Deciduous and scrub forest
- 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
- Basant Rani Tabebuia rosea · December-January
- Bastard Ebony Diospyros ovalifolia · April-July · Dry evergreen, semi-evergreen and deciduous forests
- Bat Dawana Conyza stricta · September-April · Dry deciduous forests
- Bauhinia Bauhinia blakeana · February-March
- Bauhinia retusa Bauhinia retusa · Flowering season not recorded
- Bavina Soppu Antidesma menasu · May-November · Along streams in dry evergreen, evergreen and shola forests
- Bayur Pterospermum diversifolium · December-May · Evergreen and semi-evergreen, also moist deciduous forests
- Beach Gardenia Guettarda speciosa · March-October · Garden plant
- Bedina Mussaenda frondosa · Throughout the year · Moist deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests, also in the plains
- Begum Bahar Pleroma semidecandrum · Flowering season not recorded
- Bel Aegle marmelos · January-May · Deciduous forests, also temple premises and homesteads
- Bel Kangu Clematis gouriana · November-April · Moist deciduous forests and grasslands
- Beli Naringi crenulata · March-December · Dry forests, Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Bellaraai Dioscorea oppositifolia · July-March · Moist deciduous and deciduous forests
- Belli Balli Erythropalum scandens · November-February · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Benduga Scleropyrum pentandrum · January-April · Semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests and also in the sacred groves
- Benkara malabarica Benkara malabarica · February-November · Deciduous and scrub forests
- Ber Ziziphus mauritiana · December-April · Dry deciduous and scrub forests
- Berki Smithia bigemina · September-February · Grasslands
- Besharam Ipomoea carnea · February-July
- Betta Thengu Arenga wightii · Throughout the year · Evergreen forests at elevations 400-800 m
- Bettada Madanamasti Cycas revoluta · Flowering season not recorded · Planted
- Bettanchi Hullu Themeda triandra · September-February · Deiduous forests, grasslands and wastelands
- Bhadraaksham Scaevola taccada · Throughout the year · Coastal and mangrove forests
- Bhagga-Chura Pisonia grandis · Flowering season not recorded
- Bhanda Geranium nepalense · April-September · Shola forests
- Bhang Cannabis sativa · November-April
- Bhangra Indigofera linifolia var. linifolia · September-January · Deciduous forests
- Bhant Clerodendrum infortunatum · December-February · Degraded forests areas and also in the plains
- Bharanga Kydia calycina · September-February · Moist deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests
- Bharangi Clerodendrum serratum var. serratum · Throughout the year · Degraded scrub forests; Moist deciduous forests
- Bharmari Cottonia peduncularis · January-May
- Bhati Buddleja asiatica · October-May
- Bhedisoppu Euphorbia heterophylla · May-August · Degraded forests and waste places
- Bhela Semecarpus anacardium · July-April · Moist deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests on hills to 1000 m
- Bhendae Meiogyne pannosa · October-January · Evergreen forests
- Bhesa indica Bhesa indica · March-April · Evergreen forests
- Bhinda Anwal Senna italica · April-December · Bare grounds or fallow fields
- Bhindi Abelmoschus esculentus · Throughout the year
- Bhirra Chloroxylon swietenia · January-October · Deciduous forests
- Bhola Kleinhovia hospita · March-October · Planted
- Bhoma Glochidion hohenackeri · Flowering season not recorded
- Bhoma Glochidion hohenackeri var. johnstonei · November-April · Evergreen forests
- Bhringraj Eclipta prostrata · Throughout the year
- Bhu Okra Phyla nodiflora · Throughout the year
- Bhui Aonla Phyllanthus amarus · Throughout the year · Degraded moist deciduous forests and forest plantations, also in the plains
- Bhuiamla Phyllanthus virgatus · Throughout the year · Moist and dry deciduous forests and grasslands, also in the plains
- Bhuinii Sida cordata · September-April · Dry deciduous and scrub forests, also in wasteland
- Bhurat Pupalia lappacea · July-January · Plains and foothills of deciduous forests, also in some areas in moist deciduous forests
- Bhurat Cenchrus biflorus · October-December · Moist deciduous forests
- Bhurat Solanum torvum · Throughout the year · Degraded forests and also in the plains
- Bhut-Vriksha Oroxylum indicum · July-March · Occasional in mixed deciduous forests, along streams, rivers and cool sides of the hills in the forests
- Bicchu Lecanthus peduncularis · September-November · Evergreen and shola forests
- Bichhloo Pentanema indicum · September-March · Degraded forests, also in the plains
- Bichhu Bel Portulaca tuberosa · July-February · Rocky laterite soils and sandy coasts
- Bichua Girardinia diversifolia · October-March · Evergreen, semi-evergreen, deciduous, also in shola forests and waste places
- Bidaria elegans Bidaria elegans · May-November
- Bidyaale Bidisale Harpullia arborea · December-August · Along streams in semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests
- Bifid Bladder-Wort Utricularia bifida · April-December · Marshy areas
- Bigfruit Scaly Polypody Pleopeltis macrocarpa · Flowering season not recorded
- Bike Elaeocarpus variabilis · May-October · Moist deciduous and Evergreen forests
- Bilangada Flacourtia indica · December-August · Deciduous forests, scrub jungles and also in the plains
- Bilayati Babul Prosopis juliflora · October-May · In plains, sometimes gregarious in wastelands
- Bilberry Vaccinium neilgherrense · February-September · Evergreen and shola forests
- Bili Daasavaala Hibiscus platanifolius · August-November · Evergreen- and deciduous forests
- Bilimbi Averrhoa bilimbi · Throughout the year · Garden plant
- Binda Colebrookea oppositifolia · January-May · Semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests
- Bindweed Rattleweed Crotalaria evolvuloides · September-April · Moist deciduous forests, often in grassy patches
- Bingi Papadi Tarenna asiatica · Throughout the year · Semi-evergreen, moist deciduous and shola forests, also in plains
- Bird's-Eye Speedwell Veronica persica · August-December
- Birdflower Crotalaria laburnifolia · August-April · Dry deciduous and open forests, also along river banks and wasteland
- Birdsville Indigo Indigofera linnaei · July-January · Forests of foothills, grasslands and waste places
- Bis-Khapra Leucas lanata · April-January · Dry places in low altitudes and scrub jungles
- Bistendu Diospyros cordifolia · February-December · Dry deciduous forests
- Bistendu Diospyros montana · March-October · Moist deciduous, dry deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests
- Blachia calycina Blachia calycina · January-March · Evergreen forests
- Black Pearl Tree Majidea zanguebarica · January-June · Grown as ornamental tree
- Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii · March-December · In Plantations
- Black-Eyed Susan Vine Thunbergia alata · December-March
- Blue Bladderwort Utricularia caerulea · July-March · Moist places in grasslands
- Blue Hedyotis Hedyotis cyanantha · October-June · Lateritic slopes and grasslands
- Blue Passion Flower Passiflora caerulea · Flowering season not recorded
- Blue Trumpet Vine Thunbergia laurifolia · Flowering season not recorded
- Blue Wiss Teramnus labialis · July-January · Dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Blue-Flowered Rattlepod Crotalaria heyneana · October-January · Moist deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests, also in the plains
- Blueberry Dark-Flower Peliosanthes teta · Flowering season not recorded
- Boat Lily Tradescantia spathacea · September-April · Grown as garden plant
- Boater Bush Waltheria indica · Throughout the year
- Bobbi Calophyllum apetalum · December · Along river banks in semi-Evergreen forests
- Bobirsa Litsea stocksii · July-March · Evergreen forests and on hills in Semi-evergreen forests up to 1400m
- Boehmeria macrophylla Boehmeria macrophylla · November-December · Along the sides of water courses in Evergreen forests
- Bola Hibiscus tiliaceus · January-April · Plains, mainly coastal and river banks
- Bolbitis appendiculata Bolbitis appendiculata · Flowering season not recorded
- Bolbitis semicordata Bolbitis semicordata · Flowering season not recorded · In shade of forest under growth
- Bondorphulla Duabanga grandiflora · March-July
- Bondvel Argyreia elliptica · September-March · Margins of shola forests
- Bonmorich Rivina humilis · November-August · Along roadsides and waste places
- Booganbel Bougainvillea glabra · Throughout the year · Garden plant
- Booganbel Bougainvillea spectabilis · Flowering season not recorded
- Bothi Eriolaena quinquelocularis · May-February · Grasslands
- Bracted Alyce Clover Alysicarpus glumaceus · September-December · Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Brahma Kamal Selenicereus undatus · Flowering season not recorded
- Brahmi Bacopa monnieri · Throughout the year · Low lying marshy places and water puddles
- Branched Horsetail Equisetum ramosissimum · Flowering season not recorded · Moist deciduous and semi-evergreen forests
- Brazilian Coral Tree Erythrina crista-galli · Flowering season not recorded · Planted
- Brazilian Plume Justicia carnea · December-April
- Brazilian Red Cloak Megaskepasma erythrochlamys · Flowering season not recorded
- Breadfruit Artocarpus altilis · Flowering season not recorded
- Bristly Dew-Grass Cyanotis burmanniana · August-November · Wastelands
- Broad-Leaved Turpentine Grass Cymbopogon caesius · November-March · Grasslands, foothills of deciduous forests
- Broadleaf Redberry Tree Microtropis latifolia · October-April · Evergreen forests
- Broadleaf Sirhookera Sirhookera latifolia · July-September · Evergreen forests
- Brown Podocarp Podocarpus wallichianus · Flowering season not recorded
- Brown-Flowered Ipecac Tylophora fasciculata · April-December · Dry deciduous forests
- Brown's Oberonia Oberonia brunoniana · October-March · Evergreen, semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests
- Brown's Sword Fern Nephrolepis brownii · Flowering season not recorded
- Buar-Zen Erigeron bonariensis · June-January · Grasslands, moist deciduous forests and weed of cultivations
- Buch-Bucha Stellaria media · January-March · Degraded forest areas in high ranges
- Budde Soppu Allmania nodiflora · July-December · Deciduous forests and wastelands
- Budu Viscum articulatum · Flowering season not recorded
- Buff Hazelwood Symplocos cochinchinensis · Flowering season not recorded · Deciduous and Evergreen forests
- Buffalo Calf Plant Combretum albidum var. albidum · February-May onwards · Semi-Evergreen forests, along river banks
- Bugweed Solanum mauritianum · December-June · Shola forest margins and montane scrub jungle
- Bugyale Polycarpaea corymbosa · August-February · Scrub jungles and agricultural fields
- Bukhar Jadi Lepidagathis cristata · November-February · Scrub jungles, foothills of deciduous forests
- Bulbophyllum proudlockii Bulbophyllum proudlockii · January-April
- Burkani Maesa indica · September-May
- Burmann's Basketgrass Oplismenus burmannii · July-February · Moist deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests, also in the plains
- Bush Plum Carissa inermis · January-June · Evergreen and Semi-Evergreen forests
- Bush Plum Carissa paucinervia · February-October
- Bushy Rattlepod Crotalaria grahamiana · Flowering season not recorded · Grasslands, montane scrub jungle
- But Cicer arietinum · Flowering season not recorded
- Buta Ipomoea eriocarpa · August-February · Dry deciduous forests and scrub jungles
- Buttercup Bush Senna multiglandulosa · Flowering season not recorded · Introduced with conspicuous shrub with showy yellow flowers
- Butterfly Bush Buddleja davidii · Flowering season not recorded
- Buttonpoovu Eriocaulon odoratum · August-January · Scrub jungles
- Calico-Flower Aristolochia littoralis · Flowering season not recorded
- California Poppy Eschscholzia californica · Flowering season not recorded
- Calmogara Hydnocarpus laurifolia · December-April
- Calmogara Hydnocarpus pentandrus · March-August · Semi-evergreen, deciduous, and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Calopo Calopogonium mucunoides · August-February · Forest plantations, also in the plains
- Candle Plant Pachystachys lutea · October-June
- Cannabis Leaf Nettle Tragia plukenetii · September-February
- Canthium rheedei Canthium rheedei · March-October · Evergreen forests and sacred groves
- Canthium travancoricum Canthium travancoricum · March-August · Rocky areas of semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests, also in sacred groves
- Capparis shevaroyensis Capparis shevaroyensis · August-October
- Cardwell Lily Proiphys amboinensis · Flowering season not recorded
- Caribbean Copper Plant Euphorbia cotinifolia · Flowering season not recorded
- Casearia ovata Casearia ovata · January-August · Evergreen, semi-evergreen and shola forests
- Casearia rubescens Casearia rubescens · February-April · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Cat Spider Flower Cleome felina · May-December · Scrub forests and fallow lands
- Cat's Tail Acalypha hispida · Throughout the year · Grown as ornamental plant
- Cat's Whiskers Orthosiphon aristatus · September-October · Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Catunaregam rugulosa Catunaregam rugulosa · Flowering season not recorded
- Celandine Spider Flower Cleome chelidonii · Throughout the year · Grows as a weed in moist places of cultivated fields
- Cemetery Tree Polyalthia longifolia · March-September
- Cempirantai Cissus vitiginea · May-December · Dry and moist deciduous forests also in the plains
- Cenizo Leucophyllum frutescens · Flowering season not recorded
- Ceylon Gentian Gentiana quadrifaria var. zeylanica · September-November · Grasslands
- Ceylon Lousewort Pedicularis zeylanica · September-December · Open grasslands, damp locations
- Ceylon Oak Schleichera trijuga · Flowering season not recorded · Planted
- Ceylon Teak Cassine glauca · March-December · Deciduous forests
- Chaay Camellia sinensis · Throughout the year · Raised in plantations
- Chakoola Tree Aglaia elaeagnoidea · November-August · Semi-Evergreen forests, sacred groves in the plains
- Chakranike Thottea siliquosa · Throughout the year
- Chalta Dillenia indica · May-February · Moist deciduous forests
- Cham-Khirni Polyalthia suberosa · April-December · Dry deciduous forests
- Chamberbitter Phyllanthus urinaria · July-March · Plains and moist places
- Chameli Jasminum grandiflorum · Throughout the year · Garden plant
- Champa Plumeria obtusa · Throughout the year
- Champa Plumeria rubra · Throughout the year
- Champa Magnolia champaca · March-July · Evergreen forests
- Chamror Ehretia canarensis · September-May
- Chanchali Digera muricata · Throughout the year
- Chand Kal Macaranga peltata · February-November · Moist deciduous forests, secondary forests and in plains
- Chandni Tabernaemontana divaricata · Throughout the year
- Chandramallika Chrysanthemum indicum · Flowering season not recorded
- Changing Color Dewflower Murdannia versicolor · August-November · Semi-Evergreen forests
- Chaniya Bor Ziziphus nummularia · August-February · Dry deciduous forests and scrub jungles
- Chapakno Pseudarthria viscida · August-February · Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Chappal-Sendh Opuntia elatior · April-August
- Chappalu Memecylon talbotianum · February-May · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Chara Ko Khutta Gentiana pedicellata · Flowering season not recorded
- Chauli Alysicarpus vaginalis · August-January · Scrub forests and cultivated lands
- Chay Root Oldenlandia umbellata · August-May · Dry and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Chayote Sicyos edulis · Flowering season not recorded
- Cheel Melaleuca viminalis · Flowering season not recorded
- Chela Ficus beddomei · July-February · Semi-evergreen, Evergreen forests
- Chemgeephul Parochetus communis · December-March · Grasslands
- Chenilam Badukka Capparis rheedei · February-June · Semi-Evergreen forests
- Chenkurinji Gluta travancorica · March-January · Evergreen forests
- Cherei Holigarna nigra · March-May · Evergreen forests
- Cherei Xerochrysum bracteatum · Flowering season not recorded
- Cherimoya Annona cherimola · December-July · Cultivated in tropics
- Cherry Of The Rio Grande Eugenia bracteata · March-November · Scrub forests & Evergreen forests
- Cherupunna Calophyllum austroindicum · November-June · Evergreen forests
- Cheruvela Cleome monophylla · Throughout the year · Waste places and cultivated fields
- Chhatri-Amri Bulbophyllum fimbriatum · January-April · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Chhaya Ouret lanata · Flowering season not recorded
- Chhichhri Isodon coetsa · October-March · Grasslands
- Chhota Kalpa Trichodesma indicum · Throughout the year
- Chhuimui Aeschynomene indica · Throughout the year · Moist places and wet pasturelands
- Chhunchhuni Crotalaria prostrata · September-April · Mixed and Sal forest, also moist deciduous forests and in the plains
- Chickweed Lobelia Lobelia alsinoides · Throughout the year · Wet areas in grasslands and also in the plains
- Chihut Spatholobus parviflorus · August-April · Semi-evergreen, moist deciduous forests, also in sacred groves
- Chikana Litsea deccanensis · May-December (WG) · Dry deciduous forests and scrub jungles
- Chikoo Manilkara zapota · Throughout the year
- Chikrasi Chukrasia tabularis · February-September · Evergreen, semi-evergreen, moist deciduous and shola forests
- Chikti Triumfetta rhomboidea · August-January · Open situations and footHills of deciduous forests
- Chilantippatam Orthosiphon thymiflorus · Throughout the year · Degraded moist and dry deciduous forests and wastelands
- Chiloschista glandulosa Chiloschista glandulosa · January-March
- Chimat Scutia myrtina · February-November · On plains and in scrub jungles
- Chimati Saag Polygonum plebeium · December-June · Along lakeshores when water level receded
- Chinabadam Arachis hypogaea · Throughout the year · Cultivated
- Chinese Balsam Impatiens walleriana · Throughout the year
- Chinese Brake Pteris vittata · Flowering season not recorded
- Chinese Croton Excoecaria cochinchinensis · Flowering season not recorded
- Chinese Crown Orchid Eulophia graminea · February-May · Moist deciduous forests
- Chinese Fan-Palm Livistona chinensis · January-February; February. onwards
- Chinese Glorybower Clerodendrum chinense · Flowering season not recorded
- Chinese Spiranthes Spiranthes sinensis · March-September · Edges of streams, on moss covered rocks
- Chinnadavare Hypericum mysurense · Throughout the year · Open grassy slopes, shola forests
- Chinni Acalypha fruticosa · July-September · Foothills of forests, Scrub forest
- Chionanthus zeylanica Chionanthus zeylanica · December-July · Moist deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests
- Chiphal Zanthoxylum rhetsa · March-November · Evergreen and moist deciduous forests
- Chipkali Bel Ficus pumila · Throughout the year · Introduced as garden plant, also running wild
- Chir Pinus roxburghii · Flowering season not recorded · Planted
- Chirchita Setaria verticillata · September-January · Degraded forest areas
- Chironji Buchanania lanzan · January-May · Deciduous forests
- Chirpoti Solanum americanum · March-November · Degraded moist deciduous forest areas and riversides, also in the plains
- Chirralincil Ligustrum perrottetii · February-July · Semi-Evergreen forests
- Chiru Kuppinta Acalypha alnifolia · Throughout the year · Moist deciduous and open deciduous forest, also in the plains along agriculture field borders
- Chiru Piyari Pleurostylia opposita · June-December · Evergreen forests
- Chitiphul Heliotropium strigosum · May-November · Deciduous forests near rocks
- 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
- Chota Chirayata Enicostema axillare · July-November · Foothills, moist places of deciduous forests, near sea coasts and plains
- Christ Plant Euphorbia milii · Throughout the year · Garden plant
- Christmas Flower Euphorbia pulcherrima · August-February · Grown in gardens
- Chrysophyllum lanceolatum Chrysophyllum lanceolatum · January-May · Dry deciduous and Evergreen forests
- Chui-Mui Mimosa pudica · July-January · Foot hills of forests and moist places
- Chukka Dumpa Habenaria roxburghii · July-October · Dry deciduous forests, often near streams
- Chulli Mulli Barleria mysorensis · July-March · Deciduous forests
- Chunga Symplocos cochinchinensis subsp. laurina · January-September · Hill forests along streams in evergreen, semievergreen and shola forests
- Chupri Alu Dioscorea alata · Throughout the year · Dry deciduous forests
- Churna Ziziphus rugosa · November-July · Grasslands and deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Chuttithiruthali Ipomoea triloba · September-November · Degraded forest areas, also in the plains
- Cinnamomum wightii Cinnamomum wightii · April-June · Shola forests
- Cissus heyneana Cissus heyneana · July-October
- 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
- Cleidion javanicum Cleidion javanicum · November-April · Semi-Evergreen forests
- Cleidion spiciflorum Cleidion spiciflorum · Flowering season not recorded · Evergreen forests
- Cleistanthus patulus Cleistanthus patulus · February-August · Stream banks of Mixed forests, also deciduous and Evergreen forests
- Clematis smilacifolia Clematis smilacifolia · June-November · Evergreen forests
- Clerodendrum serratum var. dentatum Clerodendrum serratum var. dentatum · August-September
- Climbing Bladderwort Utricularia scandens · October-January · Moist places and grasslands in dry deciduous forests
- Climbing Maidenhair Lygodium microphyllum · Flowering season not recorded · Along streams
- Club-Spur Balsam Impatiens clavicornu · June-October
- Club-Stem Eria Eria pseudoclavicaulis · August-September · Evergreen forests
- Cocheneal Plant Opuntia cochenillifera · August-February
- Coconilla Solanum stramoniifolium · Flowering season not recorded
- Coghsa Meliosma simplicifolia subsp. pungens · April-December · Shola and moist deciduous forests
- Coghsa Meliosma simplicifolia subsp. simplicifolia · December-August · Shola and Evergreen forests
- Coleus Coleus scutellarioides · Flowering season not recorded
- Colorful Malaxis Malaxis versicolor · July-September · Grasslands
- Common Asparagus Fern Asparagus setaceus · Flowering season not recorded
- Common Bird-Of-Paradise Flower Strelitzia reginae · Flowering season not recorded
- Common Hibiscus Hibiscus syriacus · Flowering season not recorded
- Common Jasmine Jasminum officinale · Flowering season not recorded
- Common Marsh Buckwheat Polygonum glabrum · August-April
- Common Morning-Glory Ipomoea purpurea · Flowering season not recorded
- Common Mugwort Artemisia vulgaris · August-December
- Common Rattan Calamus rotang · Throughout the year
- Common Sopubia Parasopubia delphiniifolia · September-October · Grasslands, laterite hillocks and moist deciduous forests
- Commoner Lignum Vitae Guaiacum officinale · March-September
- Congested Flower Smithia Smithia conferta · September-February · Marshy areas in grasslands, also in plains
- Copperleaf Acalypha wilkesiana · Flowering season not recorded · Grown as ornamental plant
- Coral Vine Antigonon leptopus · Throughout the year · Cultivated
- Corchorus urticifolius Corchorus urticifolius · Throughout the year · In open situations and degraded deciduous forests
- Cornstalk Dracaena Dracaena fragrans · Throughout the year
- Corymbose Ragwort Cissampelopsis corymbosa · Throughout the year
- Country Gooseberry Physalis minima · July-January
- Covered-Flower Spurge Euphorbia pycnostegia · Flowering season not recorded
- Crab's Eye Sphenoclea zeylanica · October-May
- Creeping Creat Andrographis serpyllifolia · June-March · Deciduous forests
- Creeping Dentella Dentella repens · Throughout the year · In low-lying areas, river banks and drying bed of tanks in clayey soil
- Creeping Indigo Indigofera spicata · July-November · Scrub and deciduous forests
- Creeping Lantana Lantana montevidensis · Flowering season not recorded
- Crepe Myrtle Lagerstroemia indica · April-September
- Crested Flower Isodon Isodon lophanthoides var. lophanthoides · July-December · Grasslands
- Crested Spurge Euphorbia cristata · August-February · Dry deciduous forests
- Crimson Mortel Tree Erythrina umbrosa · January-February · Planted
- Crimson Mountain Ebony Bauhinia phoenicea · September-April · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Crocodile-Bark Tree Terminalia crenulata · August-January · Occasional on hills to 1400m, sometimes along river banks
- Crotalaria biflora Crotalaria biflora · June-February
- Crotalaria globosa Crotalaria globosa · October-January
- Crotalaria madurensis Crotalaria madurensis · October-March · Shola forests, grasslands
- Crotalaria willdenowiana Crotalaria willdenowiana · November-March · Scrub jungle and roadsides in moist locations
- Croton malabaricus Croton malabaricus · April-November · Semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests
- Cryptocarya beddomei Cryptocarya beddomei · March-May · Shola- and Evergreen forests
- Cryptocarya wightiana Cryptocarya wightiana · March-September · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Cuban Buttercup Turnera subulata · Flowering season not recorded
- Cup-Shaped Osbeckia Osbeckia cupularis · November-January · Evergreen and Shola forests
- Curled Aerides Aerides crispum · May-October · Open forests
- Cyanotis arcotensis Cyanotis arcotensis · November-January · Sandy wasteland
- Cyathea gigantea Cyathea gigantea · Flowering season not recorded
- Cyathea nilgirensis Cyathea nilgirensis · Flowering season not recorded
- Cyathocalyx zeylanicus Cyathocalyx zeylanicus · Flowering season not recorded · Moist Evergreen forests
- Cyperus paniceus Cyperus paniceus · August-November · Degraded forests
- 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
- Daheya Streblus asper · Throughout the year · Open, scrub, moist and dry deciduous forests
- Daira Wrightia arborea · April-December · Dry deciduous forests and sacred groves
- Dalbergia congesta Dalbergia congesta · December-April · Semi-Evergreen forests
- Dalchini Cinnamomum verum · December-July · Evergreen and riparian forests, also cultivated
- Dalfodi Breynia retusa · February-December · Semi-evergreen and dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Dalle Kuro Triumfetta pilosa · September-January · Evergreen, semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests
- 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
- Dancing Marantina Globba marantina · August-November · Moist deciduous forests
- Danda Thaur Euphorbia neriifolia · December-April
- Dandale Elaeocarpus tuberculatus · December-October · Along banks of streams in evergreen and shola forests
- Danta Alternanthera philoxeroides · May-November
- Dark Purple Liparis Liparis atropurpurea · July-October · In rock crevices in grasslands and Evergreen forests
- Dasni Rhus mysorensis · March-February · Scrub jungles and foothills of dry deciduous forests
- Deccan Blinding Tree Excoecaria crenulata · December-June · Evergreen and shola forests
- Deccan Blinding Tree Excoecaria oppositifolia · March-May · Semi-Evergreen forests
- Deccan Memecylon Memecylon heyneanum · February-September · Evergreen forests
- Deccan Rattlepod Crotalaria leschenaultii · September · Grasslands
- Deccan Redberry Tree Microtropis wallichiana · December-January · Evergreen forests
- Deccan Senna Senna montana · Throughout the year · Dry deciduous forests, also along river banks
- Deccan Skullcap Scutellaria wightiana · July-December · Shola forests
- Dekamali Gardenia gummifera · December-August · Deciduous forests
- Dekamali Gardenia resinifera · April-July · Dry deciduous forests
- Delicate Moth Orchid Phalaenopsis deliciosa · July-August · Semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests
- Delta Maidenhair Fern Adiantum raddianum · Flowering season not recorded
- Dendrobium anamalayanum Dendrobium anamalayanum · April-September · Shola forests and grasslands
- Dendrobium nutans Dendrobium nutans · March-May · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Dense-Flowered Snoutbean Rhynchosia densiflora · December-March · Dry and moist deciduous forests
- Densely-Flowered Malaxis Malaxis densiflora · June-October · Foothills of semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests
- Derris benthamii Derris benthamii · December-May · Evergreen forests
- Derris brevipes Derris brevipes · February-December · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Dev-Savar Bombax insigne · January-May
- Deva Nerale Syzygium laetum · December-July · Evergreen forests
- Devdar Cedrus deodara · Flowering season not recorded
- Devil's Backbone Euphorbia tithymaloides · Flowering season not recorded
- Dhadhona Trichodesma zeylanicum · September-March · Often on hills by exposed slopes, arable and wastelands. A ready colonizer
- Dhaincha Sesbania bispinosa · August-March · Scrub jungle and road sides, also marshy fields in the plains
- Dhakata Terada Impatiens minor · June-December · Moist shaded places
- Dhamani Grewia tiliifolia · Throughout the year · Semi-evergreen, moist deciduous and deciduous forests on hills up to 1400m
- Dhamin Ruellia prostrata · Flowering season not recorded
- Dhan-Priya Ardisia solanacea · March-September · Evergreen forests
- Dhaniya Coriandrum sativum · Flowering season not recorded
- Dhao-Romakaro Cansjera rheedei · October-May · Deciduous forests and scrub jungles, also in sacred groves
- Dhapa Sesuvium portulacastrum · November-May
- Dhatura Brugmansia suaveolens · August-May · Planted
- Dhatura Datura ferox · Flowering season not recorded
- Dhatura Datura metel · Throughout the year · Degraded dry- and moist deciduous forests and wastelands
- Dhaul Dhak Erythrina suberosa · February-June · Deciduous forests
- Dhaulu Chrysopogon fulvus · September-December · Stream banks in moist deciduous forests
- Dhaura Lagerstroemia parviflora · February-May; Fr. May onwards · Moist and dry deciduous forests, also in plains
- Dhava Anogeissus latifolia · March-December · Moist and dry deciduous forests
- Dhavasi Salacia oblonga · December-May · Semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests
- Dhawal Lobelia nicotianifolia · October-March · Grasslands, shola and Evergreen forests
- Dhol Dhak Erythrina stricta · January-May · Dry deciduous forests and often planted
- Dholi Dudhi Pergularia daemia · August-March · Scrub and open deciduous forests
- Dimorphocalyx lawianus Dimorphocalyx lawianus · October-June
- Din Ka Raja Cestrum diurnum · Throughout the year
- Diospyros bourdillonii Diospyros bourdillonii · February-December · Evergreen forests
- Diospyros ghatensis Diospyros ghatensis · April-November · Semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests
- Diospyros nilagirica Diospyros nilagirica · February-May · Evergreen forests
- Dirgha-Mula Ichnocarpus frutescens · August-December · Deciduous forests and plains
- Dissotis Trailing Melastoma Heterotis rotundifolia · Throughout the year · Garden plant
- Dixie Tick Trefoil Desmodium tortuosum · April-October · Wastelands
- Do Patti Lata Ipomoea pes-caprae · October-March · Sandy sea coasts and mangrove forests, also in the plains
- Dodda Chiraayatha Exacum pedunculatum · September-March · Rice fields, grasslands
- Dodda Ele Holegaara Holigarna grahamii · October-May · Evergreen forests
- Dodda Moorele Gida Oxalis latifolia · June-August · Degraded forests areas and roadsides
- Doddanekkare Memecylon randerianum · February-May · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Dodder Cuscuta chinensis · October-April · Moist and dry deciduous forests, also in the plains along with Ipomoea sp
- Dolan Champa Hedychium coronarium · July-October · Moist deciduous forests, also grown in gardens
- Doll Orchid Habenaria crinifera · August-October · Evergreen forests
- Domme Gedde Eulophia epidendraea · November-April · Open deciduous, moist and dry deciduous forests
- Domrupani Dombeya wallichii · Flowering season not recorded
- Dongari Burumbi Leucas montana · November-March · Dry forests in hills
- Doob Cynodon dactylon · Throughout the year
- Dopatrium lobelioides Dopatrium lobelioides · August-March · Near cultivated fields, water logged fields and ponds
- Dopatti Habe-Amri Habenaria crassifolia · August-December
- Dori Leptadenia reticulata · May-January
- Dragon-Tail Epipremnum pinnatum · Flowering season not recorded · Cultivated
- Draupadi Mala Rhynchostylis retusa · May-December · Moist deciduous forests, also in sacred groves
- Drirh Manilkara hexandra · September-July · Dry deciduous forests
- Drynaria quercifolia Drynaria quercifolia · Flowering season not recorded
- Drypetes confertiflora Drypetes confertiflora · February-May · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Drypetes porteri Drypetes porteri · March-July · In primary forests, often near streams
- Dudhali Sopubia delphinifolia · July-January
- Dudhi Oxystelma esculentum · August-April · Scrub jungles and near water courses
- Dudhi Sonchus oleraceus · October-July
- Dudhi Taraxacum officinale · Flowering season not recorded · High elevations
- Dudhi Euphorbia rothiana · September-April · Margins of Evergreen forests and grasslands
- Dudhi Ki Bel Vallaris solanacea · March-November
- Dudhia Phool Euphorbia serpens · Throughout the year
- Dudhiakalmi Ipomoea alba · September-February · Moist deciduous forests, also along sea coasts
- Dudhiya Choti Blepharis maderaspatensis · August-March · Dry deciduous forests and scrub forests
- Dudli Codariocalyx motorius · August-February · Moist deciduous forests and grasslands
- Dumbi Rhizophora mucronata · April-October · Tidal forests
- Dunal Polyalthia korinti · April-June · Dry Evergreen forests, deciduous forests and scrub jungles, also coastal along river banks
- Durgandh Khair Acacia farnesiana · September-February · Planted
- Dusty Miller Jacobaea maritima · Flowering season not recorded
- Dwarf Heliotrope Heliotropium supinum · Throughout the year
- Dwarf Umbrella Tree Heptapleurum arboricola · Flowering season not recorded
- Dwarf Voodoo Lily Typhonium roxburghii · March-December
- Dwarf Waterclover Marsilea minuta · Flowering season not recorded
- Dye Fig Ficus tinctoria · Flowering season not recorded
- Dye Fig Ficus tinctoria subsp. gibbosa · December-May · Moist deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests, also in the plains
- Ear-Leaf Acacia Acacia auriculiformis · December-August · Planted
- Ededdula Schefflera stellata · April-June · Moist deciduous forests
- Eekh Saccharum officinarum · October-December
- Eeyoli Actinodaphne bourdillonii · April-March · Shola and Evergreen forests
- Egyptian Rattle Pod Sesbania sesban · October-Januaryuary · Marsy fields, wasteland and plains
- Egyptian Starcluster Pentas lanceolata · Throughout the year · Grown as garden plant
- Ehretia laevis Ehretia laevis · July-March · Deciduous forests
- Ehretia pubescens Ehretia pubescens · July-February · Dry deciduous forests
- Eight Stamen Osbeckia Osbeckia octandra · Flowering season not recorded
- Ekanayakam Salacia fruticosa · February-May · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests, also in the sacred groves and plains
- Elaeocarpus gaussenii Elaeocarpus gaussenii · February-April · Evergreen forests
- Elaichi Elettaria cardamomum · Throughout the year · Cultivated
- Elastic Grass Eragrostis tenuifolia · September-October · Wet areas in wastelands
- Elegant Balsam Impatiens elegans · Throughout the year · Shola forests
- Elekombuballi Cissus repens · July-November · Deciduous and Evergreen forests
- Eli-K-Kucci-P-Pul Spinifex littoreus · October-March · Sea shore
- Elichuzhien Didymocarpus tomentosus · May-December · On wet rocks in grasslands and deciduous forests associate with Liverworts
- Ellertonia rheedii Ellertonia rheedii · July-January · Evergreen forests, Semi-Evergreen forests and sacred groves
- Ellooti Pterospermum rubiginosum · November-April · Evergreen forests
- Elongated Chiretta Andrographis producta · September-February · Evergreen forests
- Elu Kootti Lepidagathis incurva · December-March · Semi-Evergreen forests, wastelands and deciduous forests
- Ennei Dipterocarpus indicus · December-July · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Erabudu Erythrina subumbrans · August-May · Open forests
- 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
- Erect White Lavender Anisochilus dysophylloides · December-March · Open deciduous forests and rocky areas in Evergreen forests
- Eria pauciflora Eria pauciflora · August-January · Evergreen forests
- Eugenia rottleriana Eugenia rottleriana · June-October · Evergreen forests
- Eugenia thwaitesii Eugenia thwaitesii · Flowering season not recorded · Evergreen forests
- Euodia Lunuankenda Euodia lunu-akenda · May-December · Evergreen, semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests
- Euonymus crenulatus Euonymus crenulatus · September-May · Evergreen forests
- Euphorbia elegans Euphorbia elegans · December-March
- Euphorbia indica Euphorbia indica · Throughout the year · Moist deciduous forests, plains and agricultral fields
- Ever-Flowering Rattlepod Crotalaria semperflorens · December-February · Shola forest margins
- Ezhuthani Parsonsia alboflavescens · March-June · Semi-evergreen, Evergreen forests, also in the plains and coast
- Fairy Castle Cactus Acanthocereus tetragonus · Flowering season not recorded
- False Ipecac Richardia scabra · August-May · Wastelands
- False Sicklepod Senna multijuga · Flowering season not recorded
- False Staghorn Fern Dicranopteris linearis · Flowering season not recorded
- Fan-Leaved Fern Actiniopteris radiata · Flowering season not recorded
- Far-Zar-Mawi Araucaria columnaris · Flowering season not recorded
- Farid Buti Cocculus hirsutus · Throughout the year · Dry deciduous forests and scrub jungle foothills
- Fascicled-Flower Balsam Impatiens fasciculata · July-November
- Feathered Mosquito Fern Azolla pinnata · Flowering season not recorded
- Few Flowered Dewflower Murdannia pauciflora · September-December · Grasslands and moist locations
- Few-Flowered Coralberry Ardisia pauciflora · February-May · Evergreen and shola forests
- Few-Flowered Swallow-Wort Tylophora pauciflora · June-August · Shola forest, Dry deciduous forests
- Few-Flowered Watermilfoil Myriophyllum oliganthum · Throughout the year · Ponds
- Ficus laevis var. macrocarpa Ficus laevis var. macrocarpa · August-April · Evergreen and Shola forests
- Ficus travancorica Ficus travancorica · Flowering season not recorded
- Fiddle Leaf Plumeria Plumeria pudica · August-March
- Fiddle Wood Citharexylum spinosum · November-September · Grown in gardens
- Fiddle-Leafed Fig Ficus lyrata · Flowering season not recorded · Cultivated
- Fiji Fan-Palm Pritchardia pacifica · Throughout the year
- Fireball Lily Scadoxus multiflorus · April-May
- Firespike Odontonema tubaeforme · Flowering season not recorded
- Firewheel Gaillardia pulchella · Flowering season not recorded
- Five-Angled Pipewort Eriocaulon quinquangulare · September-June · Banks of streams, paddy fields and marshy lands
- Flaming Glorybower Clerodendrum splendens · September-January · Cultivated in gardens
- Flaming Katy Kalanchoe blossfeldiana · December-March
- Flemingia wightiana Flemingia wightiana · January-April · Moist deciduous forests
- Flexuose Climbing Fern Lygodium flexuosum · Flowering season not recorded · In partial shade at 4 m and in wet deciduous forests
- Floss Silk Tree Ceiba speciosa · Flowering season not recorded
- Flowering Banana Musa ornata · February-August · Rare in valleys near streams
- Fluffy Cat Ears Cyanotis fasciculata · August-January · On wet rocks of Evergreen forests
- Foetid Passion Flower Passiflora foetida · June-December · Degraded forests and wastelands
- Fonseti Alphonsea lutea · April-November · Evergreen forests
- Footstool Palm Saribus rotundifolius · Flowering season not recorded
- Forage Peanut Arachis pintoi · September-May · Grown in gardens
- Formosa Palm Arenga engleri · Flowering season not recorded · Islands South of Japan
- Fountain Grass Cenchrus setaceus · Flowering season not recorded
- Four-Stamen Gomphandra Gomphandra tetrandra · September-August · Evergreen, semi-evergreen and shola forests
- Fox Grape Cayratia trifolia · May-November
- Fox Tail Palm Wodyetia bifurcata · Flowering season not recorded
- Fragrant Cananga Cananga odorata · Throughout the year · Cultivated
- Fragrant Opilia Opilia amentacea · February-July · Deciduous forests
- Fringed Tree Dendrobium Dendrobium macrostachyum · April-July · Moist deciduous forests
- Fuirena trilobites Fuirena trilobites · November-October
- Fulpakhru Amri Porpax jerdoniana · April-August · Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests
- Fungus Root Balanophora fungosa subsp. indica · January-March · Root parasite
- Fuzzy Fruited Rattlepod Crotalaria hebecarpa · July-December · Dry deciduous forests, scrub jungles and plains
- Gaali Beeja Heracleum rigens · July-September
- Gadabi Kanda Crinum latifolium · March-July · Banks of rivers
- Gaild Olea paniculata · February-August · Moist deciduous and shola forests
- Gajar Ghas Parthenium hysterophorus · Throughout the year · A weed of human habitaitons
- Galgal Cochlospermum religiosum · February-August · Moist and dry deciduous forests, stony hills
- Gamhar Gmelina arborea · February-June · Deciduous forests and in the plains
- Gandapura Gaultheria fragrantissima · April-May · Shola forests and grasslands
- Gandhatrina Cymbopogon citratus · Flowering season not recorded
- Gandhraj Gardenia jasminoides · August-May · Grown as garden plant
- Gangeti Grewia villosa · Throughout the year · Occasional in scrub jungles and dry deciduous forests along the Ghats in the east and west of the peninsula up to 650m. Also along river banks
- Gangiva Excoecaria agallocha · February-June · Banks of backwaters and mangrove forests
- Gantegawta Heteropogon contortus · July-December · Open deciduous forests
- Garari Cleistanthus collinus · June-February · Deciduous forests
- Garden Cosmos Cosmos bipinnatus · Throughout the year · Cultivated
- Garden Nasturtium Tropaeolum majus · Flowering season not recorded
- Garkha Celosia argentea · September-October
- Garnae Carissa spinarum · February-July · Scrub jungles
- Garundi Alternanthera sessilis · Throughout the year
- Gaub Diospyros malabarica · March-April; Aprilil onwards · Stream banks of mixed forests, Evergreen forests and sacred groves
- Gazo Elatostema lineolatum · October-April · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Gelonium Poison-Leaf Dichapetalum gelonioides · February-July · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Genda Tagetes erecta · Flowering season not recorded
- Geranium Fern Doryopteris concolor · Flowering season not recorded
- Geru Sarcococca coriacea · November-December · Evergreen and shola forests
- Geru Sarcococca saligna · September-January · Evergreen forests and shola forests
- Ghamra Tridax procumbens · Throughout the year · On plains to 1000m
- Ghanera Nothapodytes nimmoniana · June-October · Moist deciduous, evergreen and shola forests
- Ghat Baur Securinega leucopyrus · July-November · Dry deciduous forests
- Ghat Goniothalamus Goniothalamus cardiopetalus · January-September · Moist deciduous and Evergreen forests
- Ghat Litsea Litsea ghatica · September-February · Evergreen forests
- Ghav Bel Argyreia nervosa · December-June
- Ghia Torai Luffa aegyptiaca · February-December · Forest margins and wastelands
- Ghol Portulaca oleracea · Throughout the year · Wet areas in degraded forests, also weed of cultivation
- Ghoont Ziziphus xylopyrus · March-December · Dry and moist deciduous forests
- Ghritkumari Aloe vera · September-January · Dry deciduous forests and wasteland. Often planted
- Ghunghunia Crotalaria retusa · August-March · Open deciduous forests and scrub forest near moist places
- Giant Cabuya Furcraea foetida · Throughout the year · Planted in gardens
- Giant Devil's-Fig Solanum chrysotrichum · March-April
- Giloy Tinospora cordifolia · Throughout the year · Upto 1000m in moist deciduous forests and scrub jungles; also in plains
- Ginnanu Fagraea ceilanica · March-November · Moist deciduous, evergreen, semi-evergreen and shola forests, also in sacred groves
- Giripushpa Gliricidia sepium · February-May · Planted
- Glaucous Justicia Justicia glauca · July-January · Wastelands, scrub-and dry deciduous forests
- Globba bulbifera Globba bulbifera · August-September
- Glochidion candolleanum Glochidion candolleanum · December-July · Evergreen and shola forests
- Goa Cherry Eugenia macrosepala · Flowering season not recorded · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Gobariya Sigesbeckia orientalis · Throughout the year · On hills above 900m in wastelands, also in dry and moist deciduous forests
- Gobla Ficus hispida · February-November · Moist deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests, also in plains
- Goddumanji Dracaena trifasciata · Rarely flowers in cultivation · Cultivated as ornamental; tolerates low light and drought
- Goddumanji Sansevieria trifasciata · Rarely flowers in cultivation · Cultivated as ornamental; tolerates low light and drought
- Gokhru Tribulus terrestris · Throughout the year · Open deciduous forests
- Gold Dwarf Morning Glory Hewittia malabarica · July-March · Moist and dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Gold Purse Calceolaria gracilis · Flowering season not recorded
- Gold-Dust Dracaena Dracaena surculosa · Flowering season not recorded
- Golden Champak Ochna squarrosa · February-March
- Golden Leather Fern Acrostichum aureum · Flowering season not recorded · In salt marshes, along road side
- Golden Penda Xanthostemon chrysanthus · Flowering season not recorded
- Golden Trumpet Vine Allamanda cathartica · Throughout the year · Garden plant
- Golden Yellow Habenaria Habenaria marginata var. marginata · July-November · Open grasslands and forests
- Golden-Flowered Snoutbean Rhynchosia aurea · February-March
- Golden-Lip Dendrobium Dendrobium heterocarpum · Throughout the year · Evergreen forests
- Goli Knoxia sumatrensis · June-January · All types of forests, also in the plains
- Goljamb Syzygium hemisphericum · March-November · Evergreen and shola forests at elevations of about 170-1610 m
- Gomphandra coriacea Gomphandra coriacea · December-March · Evergreen forests and shola forests
- Gomphia serrata Gomphia serrata · Throughout the year · Semi-Evergreen forests, Moist deciduous forests, Hill tracts
- Gomphrena Gomphrena globosa · Flowering season not recorded
- Gondni Grewia tenax · May-February · Dry deciduous and scrub forests
- Gondvel Chloris barbata · August-December · Degraded forests, wasteland and riversides
- Goniothalamus wightii Goniothalamus wightii · March-June · Evergreen forests
- Goniothalamus wynaadensis Goniothalamus wynaadensis · August-December · Evergreen forests
- Goolar Ficus racemosa · Throughout the year · Semi-evergreen and deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Goose Grass Eleusine indica · Flowering season not recorded
- Goosefoot-Plant Syngonium podophyllum · Flowering season not recorded
- Gopoli Anisomeles malabarica · October-December · Dry deciduous forests and scrub jungles
- Gorakhmundi Sphaeranthus indicus · November-April · Wet places
- Gorbale Ixora brachiata · February-August · Semi-Evergreen forests and sacred groves
- Gouty-Stemmed Jatropha Jatropha podagrica · Throughout the year
- Graceful Necklace Fern Lindsaea ensifolia · Flowering season not recorded · Marshy areas
- Graceful Spurge Euphorbia hypericifolia · Throughout the year · Open and dry localities
- Grahamis Groundsel Senecio grahamii · August-December
- Grand Balsam Impatiens grandis · September-December · Dense forest ravines
- Grass Of The Dew Cyanotis arachnoidea · July-November · Grasslands
- Grass Orchid Eulophia spectabilis · May-August · Grasslands and moist deciduous forests, also in sacred groves
- Grassy Dendrobium Dendrobium herbaceum · September-April · Moist deciduous, semi-evergreen and shola forests
- Greater Cat Ears Cyanotis tuberosa · August-December · Grasslands among wet rocks
- Green Buttonwood Conocarpus erectus · Flowering season not recorded
- Green Lipped Dendrobium Dendrobium ovatum · September-March · Moist deciduous forests also in the plains
- Grewia laevigata Grewia laevigata · May-November
- Grewia rhamnifolia Grewia rhamnifolia · February-November · Deciduous and scrub forests
- Grey Snoutbean Rhynchosia cana · December-April · Open dry deciduous forests and scrub forests
- Gudda Nerale Syzygium zeylanicum · January-May · Banks of streams in Evergreen forests, also in scrub jungles
- Gudhal Hibiscus rosa-sinensis · Throughout the year · Grown as ornamental plant
- Gugario Crotalaria medicaginea · Throughout the year · Open deciduous forests
- Gugario Crotalaria medicaginea var. neglecta · July-December · Scrub jungle
- Guggula-Dhup Ailanthus triphysa · January-June · Semi-evergreen, Evergreen forests
- Guinea Grass Panicum maximum · July-October · Cultivated as fodder grass
- Gul Abbas Mirabilis jalapa · Throughout the year · Grown as garden plant
- Gul-E-Ajaib Hibiscus mutabilis · September-December
- Gul-E-Ashrafi Calendula officinalis · Throughout the year · Cultivated in tropics
- Gul-Mehndi Impatiens balsamina · August-February · Grasslands and plateaus
- Gulabi Limnophila indica · September-April · Moist places
- Gulabi Pantura Aponogeton bruggenii · August-September
- Gulabi Siris Samanea saman · January-July · Planted as avenue tree
- Gulmohar Delonix regia · April-June · Planted along roads and avenues
- Gulpankhi Polygala erioptera · Throughout the year
- Gulsham Eranthemum nervosum · November-April · Grown as garden plant
- Guma Leucas lavandulifolia · Throughout the year · Rocky areas in moist and dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Gundu Tunge Hullu Schoenoplectiella articulata · June-April · Wet fallow fields and grasslands
- Gunja Abrus precatorius · Throughout the year · Deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Gurmar Gymnema sylvestre · August-March · Scrub jungles and hill slopes to 800m on thickets, by shola borders
- Guthari Spermacoce articularis · June-February · Grasslands and dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Guthulilati Reissantia indica · April-December · Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests
- Guwar Cyamopsis tetragonoloba · Throughout the year · Cultivate
- Hadpat Justicia betonica var. betonica · Throughout the year · On plains above 900m, in thickets by stream banks, moist deciduous forests and wastelands
- Haiga Hopea ponga · July-November · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests at elevation of 400-700 m, also in sacred groves in the plains
- Hairy Croton Croton hirtus · Throughout the year · Wastelands
- Hairy Java Tea Orthosiphon comosus · Flowering season not recorded · Open rocky localities in Evergreen forests
- Hairy Melhania Melhania incana · August-December · Scrub and dry deciduous forests
- Hairy Shrub-Mint Pogostemon wightii · December-January · Shola forests
- Hairy Wild Grape Ampelocissus tomentosa · April-November · Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests
- Hajarmani Phyllanthus maderaspatensis · Throughout the year · Moist and dry deciduous forests, scrub jungles, also in the plains and agricultural fields
- Haladi Curcuma longa · Flowering season not recorded
- Halambungu Garcinia travancorica · May-September · Evergreen forests, shola forests
- Halluka Ceropegia candelabrum var. biflora · August-January
- Halluka Ceropegia candelabrum var. candelabrum · July-March · Open deciduous and scrub forests
- Halsi Aegiceras corniculatum · February-September · Mangrove forests and marshy areas
- Halwa Kaddu Cucurbita moschata · September-June · Garden plant
- Hamana Ceropegia hirsuta · June-November
- Hamata Stylosanthes hamata · August-January · Scrub jungles and dry deciduous forests
- Hameibon Angouba Ixora finlaysoniana · September-June · Grown in gardens
- Hammadi Litsea wightiana · October-July · Shola forests
- Hammock Viper's-Tail Pentalinon luteum · Flowering season not recorded
- Hamsapadi Adiantum philippense · Flowering season not recorded
- Hanake Glochidion zeylanicum · February-October · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests, also in the plains
- Handibetta Calamus thwaitesii var. thwaitesii · March-June · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Hanging Lobster Claw Heliconia rostrata · November-May · Grown as garden plant
- Hardy Fuchsia Fuchsia magellanica · Flowering season not recorded
- Harfarauri Phyllanthus acidus · Throughout the year
- Hari Champa Artabotrys hexapetalus · January-May
- Harin-Hara Aphanamixis polystachya · January-October · Evergreen, semi-evergreen and shola forests, also in sacred groves
- Harinapadi Kul Evolvulus pilosus · Flowering season not recorded
- Harinapadi Kul Ipomoea pilosa · November-March
- Harkata Acanthus ilicifolius · November-July · Mangrove, marshy areas
- Harmal Cyphostemma setosum · September-January · Dry deciduous forests
- Harra Terminalia chebula · February-October · Dry and moist deciduous forests
- Harsingar Nyctanthes arbor-tristis · September-April · Open forests
- Hartho Flueggea leucopyrus · Flowering season not recorded
- Hasiru Neeru Paathre Ottelia alismoides · July-April · Ponds and streams
- Hathajori Heliotropium indicum · Throughout the year
- Haulia Phoebe lanceolata · March-July · Shady valleys of evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests, also in secondary forests
- Heart Fern Mickelopteris cordata · Flowering season not recorded · Moist deciduous forests
- Heart Of Jesus Caladium bicolor · Flowering season not recorded
- Heart-Leaf Velvet Bur Priva cordifolia · October-March · Dry deciduous forests and scrub forests
- Hedulo Ceropegia bulbosa var. bulbosa · July-December
- Hedyotis neesiana Hedyotis neesiana · September-December · Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Helicia nilagirica Helicia nilagirica · June-July · Along river banks in semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests
- Hemali Merremia hederacea · October-March
- Hemkand Maerua oblongifolia · January-June · Semi-arid and scrub jungles
- Heracleum sprengelianum Heracleum sprengelianum · September-November · Grasslands and shola margins
- Heritiera papilio Heritiera papilio · January-May · Evergreen forests
- Heyne's Gomphostemma Gomphostemma heyneanum · October-December · Evergreen forests
- Hibiscus furcatus Hibiscus furcatus · September-January
- Hill Glory Bower Clerodendrum viscosum · October-July · Shaded places, hedges of forests
- Him Champa Magnolia grandiflora · July-September · Cultivated
- Himalayan Dumasia Dumasia villosa · August-March · On hills above 1400m on thickets by Shola border
- Himalcheri Antidesma bunius · April-August · Evergreen forests, also in sacred groves
- Hinsalu Rubus ellipticus · November-June · Evergreen, semi-evergreen and shola forests
- Hirankhuri Emilia sonchifolia · July-April · Open deciduous forests and Agricultural fields
- Hirik Sterculia guttata · September-March · Moist deciduous and semi-evergreen forests, also along ghats
- Hiun Capparis sepiaria · March-October · Scrub jungle and hilly areas of dry deciduous forests, also in tidal forests in Chilka
- Hoary Tephrosia Tephrosia hirta · May-November
- Hog Creeper Derris scandens · July-February · Scrub and dry deciduous forests, also in mangrove forests and sacred groves
- Holongre Croton caudatus · April-May · Evergreen, semi-evergreen, scrub and open forests
- Hoom Miliusa tomentosa · February-October · Dry and moist deciduous forests
- Horehound Leucas Leucas marrubioides · June-January · Moist and dry deciduous forests
- Huliyaani Eurya nitida · March-December · Margins of grasslands and shola forests
- Hummingbird Bush Hamelia patens · Throughout the year
- Hurhur Cleome viscosa · Throughout the year
- Hydrocotyle conferta Hydrocotyle conferta · January-April
- Ijjul Barringtonia racemosa · April-October · Along banks of backwaters and mangrove forests
- Ilex wightiana Ilex wightiana · March-August · Shola forests
- Imli Tamarindus indica · April-December · Planted
- Impatiens omissa Impatiens omissa · Flowering season not recorded · High elevations on wet rocks
- Inchippullu Cymbopogon flexuosus · November-March · Deciduous forests and grasslands, also in the plains
- Inchplant Tradescantia zebrina · Flowering season not recorded
- Inchulin Cheti Costus pictus · February-April · Grown as a medicinal plant
- Indian Borage Coleus amboinicus · Flowering season not recorded
- Indian Bowfruit Vine Toxocarpus kleinii · November-July · Moist deciduous forests and sacred groves
- Indian Caper Capparis brevispina · January-September · Scrub jungle
- Indian Gutta Percha Palaquium ellipticum · January-July · Evergreen forests
- Indian Horse-Chestnut Aesculus indica · Flowering season not recorded
- Indian Nightshade Solanum indicum · May-February
- Indian Persea Persea macrantha · December-June · Evergreen, semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests near ravines and also in sholas and sacred groves
- Indian Saprosma Saprosma glomeratum · October-June · Evergreen forests
- Indian Snakewort Dorstenia indica · February-August · Evergreen forests and wet rocky areas in moist deciduous forests
- Indian Spindle Tree Euonymus indicus · Throughout the year · Evergreen forests
- Indian White Lantana Lantana veronicifolia · October · Dry and moist deciduous forests
- Indian Zebrawood Connarus monocarpus · April-June · Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests; also in the plains, open forests and wasteland
- Indigofera parviflora Indigofera parviflora · October-January
- Indo-China Knotgrass Trichurus monsoniae · October-December · Coastal sandy areas and grasslands; on plains especially on the floor of scrub jungles to 500m in gravelly ground. Abundant in fallow fields
- Indrajata Petalidium barlerioides · November-May · Way sides, open forests and moist deciduous forests
- Inkweed Phytolacca octandra · June-August · Degraded deciduous forests
- Intermediate Ceropegia Ceropegia intermedia · June-December
- Iramburippi Ixora notoniana · July-August · Shola forests
- Iron-Wood Tree Memecylon edule · April-July
- Irubogam Hopea parviflora · January-June · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests, also in sacred groves in the plains
- Isharmul Aristolochia indica · July-February · Open dry deciduous forests and scrub jungles
- Ishe Premna coriacea · April-June · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Isonandra lanceolata Isonandra lanceolata · August-October · Semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests
- Ithi Ficus talbotii · December-April · Shola and semi-Evergreen forests
- Ixora lanceolaria Ixora lanceolaria · May-July · In the plains
- Ixora monticola Ixora monticola · Flowering season not recorded
- Jaal Salvadora persica · November-May · Saline soils
- Jaali Acacia melanoxylon · January-November · Planted
- Jaatili Ceropegia juncea · October-January
- Jack's Wool-Flower Lasianthus jackianus · November-July · Evergreen forests at elevations 800-1200 m
- Jacquinia ruscifolia Jacquinia ruscifolia · April-May · Planted
- Jakhiya Cleome gynandra · May-April · Weed of waste places and cultivated fields
- Jal Kumbhi Pontederia crassipes · Flowering season not recorded
- Jala Khumbhi Eichhornia crassipes · Throughout the year · Ponds and wet lowlands
- Jalpipari Commelina clavata · July-December · Wet areas in moist deciduous forests
- Jamarul Syzygium samarangense · June-November · Cultivated
- Jambhale Bhui-Chakra Iphigenia indica · July-September · Grasslands and dry deciduous forests
- Jambu Xylia xylocarpa · February-December · Associated with sal forests, moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- 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
- Jand Prosopis cineraria · April-May · Scrub forests
- Jangali Kalimirch Toddalia asiatica · September-July · Evergreen and shola forests, also in scrub jungles
- Janglee Mung Vigna vexillata · March-April · Moist deciduous forests
- Jangli Akhrot Aleurites moluccanus · December-May · Grown in the High ranges
- 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 Bhindi Abelmoschus ficulneus · September-March · Scrub forests
- Jangli Bhindi Thespesia lampas · August-December · Moist deciduous and mixed forests
- Jangli Dungy Tetrameles nudiflora · March-May · Evergreen, semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Jangli Erandi Jatropha glandulifera · Throughout the year · Plains, wastelands and scrub jungles
- Jangli Gajar Daucus carota · Flowering season not recorded
- Jangli Haldi Curcuma aromatica · May-September · Grows wild in degraded forests, and in plantations
- Jangli Isabgol Plantago major · Flowering season not recorded
- Jangli Kela Ensete superbum · Throughout the year · Moist deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests
- Jangli Muli Blumea lacera · Throughout the year
- Jangli Pudina Ageratum conyzoides · Throughout the year
- Jangli Sargua Moringa concanensis · February-April · Dry deciduous forests
- Jangli Toor Cajanus lineatus · Throughout the year · Grasslands
- Jangli Toot Broussonetia papyrifera · August-February
- Jangli-Jira Adenostemma lavenia · October-March · Evergreen forests
- Jangli-Madan-Mast-Ka-Phul Cycas circinalis · Flowering season not recorded · Planted
- Japani Chameli Jasminum mesnyi · Flowering season not recorded
- Jarul Lagerstroemia speciosa · March-January · Semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests, mostly along banks of streams
- Jasminum brevilobum Jasminum brevilobum · July-January · Shola forest margins
- Jasminum rottlerianum Jasminum rottlerianum · May-October
- Jati-Phal Myristica fragrans · December-August
- Java Cassia Cassia javanica · Flowering season not recorded
- Jerry-Jerry Ammannia multiflora · August-January · Marshy areas in dry deciduous forests
- Jhangi Hydrilla verticillata · Throughout the year · Stagnant ponds
- Jhar Khajur Phoenix loureiroi · Flowering season not recorded
- Jharwad Lagascea mollis · September-March
- 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
- Jhuse Chitlange Galinsoga quadriradiata · June-November
- Jilebi Balli Pyrostegia venusta · December-June
- Jima Glinus oppositifolius · November-April · Open areas, lakeshores and stream banks
- Jimgari Zornia diphylla · November-January · Lateritic grassy slopes, forest plantations, also in the plains
- Jivani Dicliptera foetida · November-April · Evergreen forests
- Jowar Sorghum bicolor · Throughout the year
- Jude Gida Graptophyllum pictum · Flowering season not recorded
- Juhee Lonicera japonica · January-July
- Juhi Jasminum auriculatum · April-February · Dry deciduous forests and grasslands; also grown as garden plant
- Jungali Chaulayi Amaranthus viridis · Throughout the year · Cutivated
- Jungali Pyaaj Ledebouria revoluta · April-September · Dry deciduous forests
- Jungle Guava Eugenia singampattiana · Throughout the year · Evergreen forests
- Jungle Jalebi Pithecellobium dulce · December-July · Deciduous forests, also planted in gardens
- Jungle Rice Echinochloa colona · Throughout the year · Marshes and bunds of paddy fields
- Jungli Bhindi Abelmoschus manihot · September-February · Moist deciduous forests, road sides and wasteland
- Jungli Soyabeen Neonotonia wightii · Throughout the year · Semi-evergreen and dry deciduous forests
- Junglisaru Casuarina equisetifolia · December-July · Cultivated in gardens, avenues and social forestry programs as an ornamental tree
- Jvalamukhi Phulon Ki Bel Clerodendrum thomsoniae · Throughout the year · Often cultivated in gardens
- Kaada Nakkaare Ximenia americana · January-July · Banks of rivers
- Kaade Sallaa Araucaria bidwillii · Flowering season not recorded · Planted
- Kaadu Atthi Ficus mollis · June-January · Dry deciduous forests
- Kaadu Dalchini Cinnamomum malabatrum · January-June · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests, also in the plains
- Kaadu Garudapatala Chassalia curviflora var. ophioxyloides · April-November · Common in all type of forests, also in the plains
- Kaadu Jaane Grewia heterotricha · Throughout the year · Deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests
- Kaadu Tumbe Leucas hirta · September-April · Grasslands and shola forests
- Kaadukoove Stachyphrynium spicatum · March-August · Moist deciduous and semi-evergreen forests
- Kaalo Bheree Scutellaria violacea · Throughout the year · Margins of Evergreen forests and grasslands. Also on the floor of sholas
- Kaamanabillu Balli Thunbergia mysorensis · December-March · Evergreen and Semi-evergreen forests
- Kaans Saccharum spontaneum · September-March · Wetlands
- Kaattu Sundai Kaai Solanum pubescens · July-February · Dry decisuous forests
- Kabutar Ka Phul Rhinacanthus nasutus · December-April · Shaded palces in dry deciduous forests
- Kacchira Pouzolzia zeylanica · August-December · Moist and shaded places, often among bushes
- Kachnar Bauhinia variegata · September-May · Deciduous forests
- Kadakkandal Lumnitzera racemosa · Throughout the year · Mangrove swamps
- Kadali Habe-Amri Habenaria plantaginea · July-August · Open 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
- Kadukhajur Melia dubia · Throughout the year · Moist deciduous, semi-Evergreen forests
- Kadvapat Corchorus trilocularis · Throughout the year · Dry deciduous forests
- Kaere Bandu Gida Ludwigia perennis · Throughout the year · Moist places and waterlogged areas in grasslands
- Kafi Coffea arabica · March-December · Cultivated
- Kafi Coffea canephora · Flowering season not recorded
- Kagaji Nimbu Citrus aurantiifolia · Throughout the year · Cultivated
- Kahruba Vateria indica · March-August · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests at elevations 40-840 m, also in the plains
- Kaiktas Cereus peruvianus · August-September
- Kaim Mitragyna parvifolia · March-December · Moist deciduous and deciduous forests
- Kaith Limonia acidissima · January-May · Dry deciduous forests, also grown in homesteads
- 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
- Kakatundi Asclepias curassavica · Throughout the year · Cultivated and wild
- Kakkapoovu Torenia bicolor · Throughout the year · Marshy areas
- Kakkavo Theobroma cacao · November-May · Cultivated
- Kala Adulsa Justicia gendarussa · December-May · Planted along hedges; frequently runs wild
- Kala Bel Cryptolepis buchananii · March-September · Moist and dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Kala Bhangra Croton bonplandianus · Throughout the year · Degraded forests and roadsides
- Kala Bhangra Anisomeles indica · October-April · Mixed deciduous forests and wastelands
- Kala Daamar Canarium strictum · March-August · Moist Evergreen forests
- Kala Hisalu Rubus niveus · November-July · Evergreen and moist deciduous forests, also in grasslands
- Kala Siris Albizia chinensis · March-December · Evergreen and deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Kala Siris Albizia odoratissima · May-February · Dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Kala Titmalia Viburnum cylindricum · Flowering season not recorded · Evergreen forests
- Kala-Shisham Dalbergia latifolia · July-February · Dry and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Kaladana Ipomoea nil · August-April · Deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Kalanchoe laciniata Kalanchoe laciniata · December-February · Moist and dry deciduous forests
- Kale Madhu Ka Per Phyllanthus reticulatus · June-March · Foothills of forests, stream banks, moist places in deciduous forests and semi-Evergreen forests
- Kalebas Crescentia cujete · Throughout the year
- 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
- Kallaal Ficus dalhousiae · December-March · Dry and moist deciduous forests
- Kallu Thaali Rhynchoglossum notonianum · July-December · Moist shady areas in evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- 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
- Kamal Cactus Agave americana · Throughout the year
- Kamala Mallotus philippensis · June-March · Mixed forests
- Kamarup Ficus microcarpa · March-May · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests, also in the plains
- Kamatti Beilschmiedia dalzellii · August-May · Evergreen forests
- Kambakam Hopea wightiana · April-May
- Kambe Crotalaria quinquefolia · August-January · Moist deciduous forests, bunds of rice fields and marshy areas
- Kamini Murraya paniculata · April-January · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests, also grown in the plains
- Kamlata Ipomoea quamoclit · July-January · Garden plant
- Kammanamkizhangu Ceropegia elegans · July-April · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Kammunista Pachcha Ageratina adenophora · Throughout the year
- Kana Commelina benghalensis · July-November · Wasteland and deciduous forests
- Kanaippirandai Alseodaphne semecarpifolia · January-July · Evergreen forests
- Kanak Champa Pterospermum acerifolium · March-December
- Kanak Gol Tithonia diversifolia · September-May
- Kanapalei Manilkara roxburghiana · March-December · Dry evergreen and deciduous forests
- Kanara Derris Derris canarensis · September-January · Moist deciduous forests
- Kanchuwaala Hoovu Cleome houtteana · Flowering season not recorded
- Kandel Bruguiera cylindrica · January-October · 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
- Kanghi Abutilon indicum subsp. indicum · July-April · Scrub and deciduous forests, also in wasteland
- Kangni Setaria italica · September-February
- Kanju Holoptelea integrifolia · December-June · Semi-Evergreen forests, also in the plains
- Kanjuna Commelina paludosa · August-December · Evergreen forests
- Kankara Pavetta indica · April-November · Evergreen, deciduous and scrub forests
- Kankra Bruguiera gymnorrhiza · March-October · Tidal forests
- Kanphuta Flemingia strobilifera · November-March · Deciduous, semi-evergreen and mixed forests, also in the plains
- 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
- Kansjan-Kora Canscora perfoliata · October-April · Wet areas in moist deciduous forests among grasses
- Kansura Murdannia nudiflora · August-November · Grasslands and moist places of plains
- Kanta Alu Dioscorea pentaphylla · August-December · Degraded deciduous forests and waste places, also in sacred groves
- Kanta Bohul Xantolis tomentosa · August-February · Evergreen forests
- Kanta Chaulai Amaranthus spinosus · Throughout the year · Scrub jungle, waste places
- Kanta Karanja Caesalpinia crista · February-June · Deciduous forests and mangrove forests
- Kanta-Gur-Kamai Azima tetracantha · February-September · Scrub and the foothills of the deciduous forests, dry deciduous forests and also homesteads
- Kanupoolaku Catharanthus pusillus · July-January · Weed of cultivation and colonizer
- Kaori Grewia serrulata · Throughout the year · Widely distributed in mixed forests
- Kapar Wrightia tinctoria · February-October · Dry and mixed deciduous forests
- Kapas Gossypium arboreum · September-February · Cultivated
- Kapni Holmskioldia sanguinea · Flowering season not recorded
- Kapok Ceiba pentandra · January-June · Cultivated
- Karai Elaeocarpus serratus · June-March · Evergreen and Semi-Evergreen forests, also in the plain
- Karakil Vepris bilocularis · February-May · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Karam Adina cordifolia · Flowering season not recorded
- Karam Haldina cordifolia · October-June · Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Karanj Pongamia pinnata · April-December · Deciduous forests, also planted as avenue tree
- Karanjili Dipterocarpus bourdillonii · Flowering season not recorded · Evergreen forests
- Karantai Limnophyton obtusifolium · December-August · In margins of tanks. Often on hills from 350m, in stagnant ponds and marshes
- Kare Canthium parviflorum · April-January · Scrub and dry deciduous forests, also in sacred groves
- Kare Mara Diospyros paniculata · December-May · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- 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
- Karibeelu Desmos chinensis · April-January · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Karijaana Grewia orbiculata · March-December · Semi-Evergreen forests and deciduous forests
- Karimaram Diospyros candolleana · February-August · Evergreen,semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests
- Karimkurinji Barleria courtallica · December-April · Evergreen and Shola forests
- Karinjikkada Epiprinus mallotiformis · November-February · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Karkala Grewia flavescens · September-May · Deciduous forests
- Karmal Dillenia pentagyna · February-June · Moist deciduous forests
- Karmal Averrhoa carambola · May-August
- Karonda Carissa carandas · March-October · Dry forests
- Karpas Gossypium hirsutum · September-March
- Karungali Xanthophyllum flavescens · Flowering season not recorded
- Karuvaalichi Mallotus resinosus · December-October · Evergreen forests
- Kasaunda Senna sophera · July-January · Road sides, Margins of Deciduous forests
- 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
- Katahal Artocarpus heterophyllus · November-July · Cultivated in most parts of the world. Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Katapergu Erycibe paniculata · September-May · Semi-Evergreen forests, also in sacred groves
- Kate Koranti Barleria cuspidata · December-February · Scrub jungle
- Kateli Solanum virginianum · Throughout the year · Degraded forest areas, also along roadsides and wasteland
- Kathmauli Bauhinia racemosa · April-January · Dry and moist deciduous forests
- Katimera Chamanthi Senecio tenuifolius · August-February · Scrub forests and dry deciduous forests
- Katkuda Ixora nigricans · December-May · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Katta-Veppilei Clausena indica · January-June · Semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests
- Kattimullu Barleria buxifolia · August-February · Scrub forests
- Kattu-Nocci Vitex leucoxylon · Throughout the year · Along river banks, streams in evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Kattu-Veppilai Clausena anisata · February-May · Mixed deciduous, moist deciduous and Evergreen forests
- Kattuchampa Syzygium mundagam · February-October · Evergreen forests
- Kattumuthira Dolichos falcatus · September-January · Grasslands
- Kattumuthira Dolichos trilobus · September-March · Deciduous forests
- Kattupayar Centrosema molle · September-January · Deciduous forests and plains
- Kattuppurachu Mundulea sericea · April-December · Deciduous forests
- Kattursoa Rosa leschenaultiana · Throughout the year · Shola forests and grasslands
- Katul Randia uliginosa · April-January · Moist deciduous forests, near wet places
- Kendaala Dimocarpus longan · February-September · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Kerala Cobra Lily Arisaema leschenaultii · May-November
- Kerala Kunstleria Kunstleria keralensis · February-June · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests, also in sacred groves
- Kerala Neurocalyx Neurocalyx calycinus · March-July
- Kerala Thottea Thottea sivarajanii · Throughout the year · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Kerdi Wahlenbergia marginata · December-May · Grasslands
- Kesal Tag Crotalaria calycina · September-January · Dry deciduous and scrub forests, also in grasslands
- Kesavathini Centratherum punctatum · August-January
- Keshari Unhali Tephrosia tinctoria · October-March · Dry deciduous forests and scrub jungles
- Ketaki Pandanus odorifer · Flowering season not recorded
- Keu Hellenia speciosa · Flowering season not recorded
- Khair Acacia catechu · March-December · Dry deciduous forests
- Khajur Phoenix dactylifera · August-October
- Khajur Phoenix sylvestris · January-October
- Kharbooza Cucumis melo var. agrestis · May-September
- Kharenti Malvastrum coromandelianum · Throughout the year · Forest margins, wastelands
- Khari Lani Sag Suaeda maritima · Throughout the year · Sea coasts
- Kharinta Sida cordifolia · Throughout the year · Waste places, along roadsides and deciduous forests
- Kharpat Garuga pinnata · January-August · Deciduous forests
- Kheri Dichrostachys cinerea · April-February · Scrub forests and foot hills of dry deciduous forests
- Khir-Khimp Sarcostemma viminale · August-May
- Khirk Celtis tetrandra · February-October · Shola forests, Moist deciduous, Semi-Evergreen forests
- Khorsaane Jhaar Solanum pseudocapsicum · October-June · wasteland and roadsides
- Khur Papni Utricularia graminifolia · September-April · Moist places in grasslands
- Khurasani Imli Adansonia digitata · April-September · Introduced and planted
- Kinarwel Ipomoea violacea · August-March · Scrub jungles near sea coasts and along roadsides
- Kindal Terminalia paniculata · August-January · Moist and dry deciduous fotests, also in the plains
- King Of Bitters Andrographis neesiana · June-March · Grasslands
- Kinnu Diospyros chloroxylon · June-December · Open deciduous forests
- Kiramar Aristolochia bracteolata · Throughout the year · Often on plains to the coasts, in wastelands, along river banks, bunds of paddy fields etc
- Kirantinayakam Ruellia tuberosa · Throughout the year
- Kirmith Grewia abutilifolia · February-October · Deciduous forests, moist deciduous forests and hill slopes up to 1400m
- Kleberg's Bluestem Dichanthium annulatum · June-March
- Kodakkapuli Garcinia gummi-gutta · January-August · Along streams in evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests up to 1250m
- Kodali Mara Scolopia crenata · April-December · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests, also at the border of sholas
- Kodanci Polyalthia fragrans · November-April
- Kodassari Polygala javana · Throughout the year
- Kodikurunthu Glyptopetalum lawsonii · July-August · Moist deciduous forests
- Kodkanballi Gnetum ula · Flowering season not recorded
- Koial Ficus callosa · March-April · Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests
- Kojambe Balli Combretum latifolium · December-April · Semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests, also in sacred groves
- Kokaa Nymphaea rubra · Throughout the year · Water bodies
- Kokal Ber Ziziphus oenoplia · June-February · Moist and dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Kokil-Ankh Hygrophila auriculata · October-April · Marshy places in open deciduous forests
- Kokkamani-Marum Glochidion ellipticum · January-October · Evergreen and shola forests; occasional on hills above 900m along dry slopes and streams
- Kokum Garcinia indica · November-August · Cultivated
- Koliary Hydrolea zeylanica · August-May · Wet places
- Kolugida Pterygota alata · April-May · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Konakaran Viburnum punctatum · January-August · Sholas, evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Konalilai Mallotus repandus · November-April · Scrub forests, near the sea coast
- Kondala Adenia hondala · March-October · Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests
- Konkan Zebrawood Connarus wightii · March-May · Evergreen forests
- Koonthamaniyan Hedyotis purpurascens · October-December · Grasslands
- Koorige Gurgi Strobilanthes barbatus · January-April (Once in seven years) · On hills above 1000m in shade, especially by stream banks, evergreen and semi-evergreen forests
- Kotti Aponogeton natans · Throughout the year
- Kovai Manjack Cordia diffusa · February-June
- Kozhikode Leaf-Flower Phyllanthus rheedei · October-December · Moist deciduous, semi-evergreen and shola forests, also in forest plantations and grasslands
- Krishna Chura Caesalpinia pulcherrima · Throughout the year · Grown as ornamental plant
- Krishna Phal Passiflora edulis · March-May
- Krishna Siris Albizia amara · March-December · Dry deciduous forests
- Krishnaneela Thunbergia erecta · Throughout the year
- Kuchala Strychnos nux-vomica · March-December · Moist and dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Kuginiballi Ipomoea campanulata · August-February · Moist deciduous forests and mangrove forests
- Kuhva-Te Palm Chrysalidocarpus lutescens · Flowering season not recorded
- Kuhva-Te Palm Dypsis lutescens · Throughout the year · Planted in botanical gardens
- Kukkuta Mallotus tetracoccus · June-April · Evergreen, semi-evergreen and shola forests, also in the plains
- Kukur Jihwa Leea indica · April-November · Degraded semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests, also in the plains
- Kukurbicha Grewia hirsuta · Throughout the year · Deciduous forests, also in grasslands
- Kukurbit Olax imbricata · December-June · Evergreen, semi-evergreen, moist deciduous and shola forests
- Kulanjan Alpinia calcarata · Throughout the year · Cultivated
- Kulata Rhynchosia minima · November-February · Scrub jungles and dry deciduous forests
- Kulu Sterculia urens · October-May · Moist and dry deciduous forests, also scrub forests
- Kumarika Smilax zeylanica · April-February · Moist deciduous forests and semi-Evergreen forests, also in the plains
- Kumbhi Careya arborea · February-August · Moist and dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Kumra Bidens pilosa · September-April
- Kumudini Nymphoides indica · Throughout the year · Ditches and ponds
- Kunde Chionanthus ramiflorus · Throughout the year · Moist deciduous, evergreen and shola forests
- Kundru Coccinia grandis · Throughout the year · Dry deciduous forests, wasteland, also cultivated
- Kuppaimeni Acalypha paniculata · May-December · Semi-Evergreen forests and deciduous forests
- Kuppi Acalypha indica · July-December · Dry deciduous forests also in the plains
- Kuppigida Acalypha ciliata · Throughout the year · Deciduous forests and in the plains
- Kurnthumullthalai Pleiospermium alatum · January-July · Dry deciduous forests, foot hills; less in the plains to the coast
- Kurti Solanum giganteum · Throughout the year · Semi-evergreen, evergreen and moist deciduous forests
- Kuruntu Atalantia racemosa · October-May · Evergreen, semi-evergreen and dry deciduous forests
- Kusar Jasminum malabaricum · February-November · Semi-evergreen, deciduous forests and scrub jungles
- Kusum Schleichera oleosa · February-August · Dry deciduous, semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests, also in plains
- Kutaja Holarrhena pubescens · March-October · Deciduous and scrub forests
- Kyllinga bulbosa Kyllinga bulbosa · August-December · Marshy areas
- Laal Ghadee Lata Thunbergia coccinea · Flowering season not recorded
- Lady Palm Rhapis excelsa · Throughout the year
- Lahan Tricholepis radicans · August-February · Scrub jungles
- Lahan Bandgul Macrosolen capitellatus · March-July · Deciduous forests and plains
- Lahan Jaswand Hibiscus lobatus · July-February · Deciduous forests
- Lahare Banamaaraa Mikania micrantha · January-April
- Lahare Karkalo Monstera deliciosa · May-January
- Lajalu Biophytum candolleanum · February-September · Open and moist situations, dry deciduous forests and grasslands
- Lajalu Biophytum sensitivum · Throughout the year · Moist shaded places in deciduous forests
- Lajri Caesalpinia mimosoides · October-March · Secondary forests and farmlands
- Lakshmana Ipomoea obscura · Throughout the year · Degraded forests in the planis along roadsides, dry lands, on fences, in fallow fields and arable lands above 1400m
- Lakuch Artocarpus lacucha · Throughout the year · Cool valleys
- 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
- Lalkand Remusatia vivipara · April-September · On Rotting wood and among rocks
- Lam Numitlei Tithonia rotundifolia · Flowering season not recorded
- Lamb Koranti Barleria longiflora · August-February · Deciduous and scrub forests
- Lambi Aristida setacea · Throughout the year · Moist and dry deciduous forests and grasslands, also in the plains
- Lamtani Anodendron paniculatum · February-April;October · Moist forests, evergreen, semi-evergreen and deciduous forests
- Lanceleaf Buttonwood Conocarpus lancifolius · Flowering season not recorded
- Lanceleaf Leucas Leucas lanceifolia · October-June (WG) · Hills of dry and moist deciduous forests, also margins of shola forests and grasslands
- Lanceleaf Sirhookera Sirhookera lanceolata · August-November · Sholas, evergreen and semi-evergreen forests
- Lanceleaf Tongue Fern Pyrrosia lanceolata · Flowering season not recorded · On wet tree trunks
- Landgu Zornia gibbosa · August-January · Scrub jungles, degraded forests and in plains up to 1400 m
- Large-Flowered Pink Sorrel Oxalis debilis · Flowering season not recorded
- Large-Petal Caper Capparis grandiflora · March-April · Hilly forests and plains
- Lasianthus capitulatus Lasianthus capitulatus · March-April · Shola forests
- Lasianthus dichotomus Lasianthus dichotomus · December-May · Evergreen forests
- Lasora Cordia dichotoma · January-September · Dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Latkan Bixa orellana · June-February · Cultivated
- Lauki Lagenaria siceraria · July-February
- Lavana Valli Asystasia gangetica · August-December · Degraded forests and plains
- Leaf Litter Plant Agrostistachys borneensis · December-March · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Leaf-Litter Plant Agrostistachys indica · February-March · Evergreen and shola forests
- Leafless-Stem Balsam Impatiens scapiflora · June-November · Grows on dripping-wet rocks
- Lede Saag Pilea wightii · August-December · Evergreen forests
- Lemon Yellow Rose Mallow Hibiscus calyphyllus · January-April
- Lemonia Ravenia spectabilis · Throughout the year · Grown as garden plant
- Lepisanthes senegalensis Lepisanthes senegalensis · March-May · Dry deciduous forests and semi-Evergreen forests
- Lepisorus nudus Lepisorus nudus · Flowering season not recorded
- Leptura Balsam Impatiens leptura · October-December · Evergreen forests
- Leucostegia truncata Leucostegia truncata · Flowering season not recorded · Herb-Epiphytic
- Liberian Coffee Coffea liberica · Flowering season not recorded · Cultivated
- Lily Magnolia Magnolia liliiflora · Flowering season not recorded
- Lily Of The Valley Tree Elaeocarpus lanceolatus · Flowering season not recorded
- Limboti Garcinia talbotii · November-May · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Lined-Petal Rattlepod Crotalaria walkeri · November-February · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests and grasslands
- Litsea glabrata Litsea glabrata · September-May · Semi-Evergreen forests
- Litsea ligustrina Litsea ligustrina · Flowering season not recorded
- Litsea mysorensis Litsea mysorensis · July-September · Semi-Evergreen forests
- Little Glory Murdannia semiteres · July-December · Among sedges and grasses
- Little Ironweed Cyanthillium cinereum · Flowering season not recorded
- Lodh Symplocos racemosa · October-May · Evergreen forests
- Lohajangin Ixora arborea · January-October · Dry and moist deciduous forests
- Lokat Eriobotrya japonica · September-January
- Lokhandi Ixora pavetta · Flowering season not recorded
- Long-Horned Habenaria Habenaria longicornu · September-October · Grasslands and moist deciduous forests
- Long-Leaf Diplocentrum Diplocentrum recurvum · May-July · Evergreen and moist deciduous forests
- Long-Lipped Zeuxine Zeuxine longilabris · December-May · Evergreen, shola and semi-Evergreen forests
- Long-Style Hedyotis Knoxia wightiana · May-January · Grasslands
- Long-Tailed Habenaria Habenaria longicorniculata · July-October · Open grassy places and moist deciduous forests
- Lonicera leschenaultii Lonicera leschenaultii · Throughout the year · Dry deciduous forests
- Loubuk Leiri Rotala rosea · August-February · Along streams and marshy areas in grasslands
- Love Plant Oxalis triangularis · January-March · Grown as garden plant
- Loxogramme involuta Loxogramme involuta · Flowering season not recorded
- Luinche Phool Polygala arillata · October-March · Evergreen and shola forests
- Lukki Chettu Maerua apetala · April-July
- Lumra Laggera alata · July-March · Grasslands
- Luvunga sarmentosa Luvunga sarmentosa · Flowering season not recorded
- Maagali Beru Decalepis hamiltonii · May-December · Dry deciduous forests and scrub jungles
- Machappunti Pterospermum xylocarpum · Throughout the year · Degraded forests and shallow ravines
- Madam Abutilon persicum · October-April · Moist deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests
- Madanaghanti Spermacoce hispida · Throughout the year
- Madhavi Lata Hiptage benghalensis · January-November · Deciduous forests, along river banks in semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests, also in sacred groves
- Madhu Malati Quisqualis indica · Throughout the year
- Madhumalti Combretum indicum · Flowering season not recorded
- Madras Pea Pumpkin Mukia maderaspatana · Throughout the year · Dry deciduous forests
- Magenta Ghost Flower Christisonia tubulosa · July-August · Evergreen and shola forests
- Magenta Plant Peristrophe bicalyculata · Throughout the year
- Mahadev Jata Uraria rufescens · August-January · Valley forests, deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Mahagony Swietenia macrophylla · March-May
- Mahagotukola Hydrocotyle javanica · October-May
- Mahanimb Ailanthus excelsa · December-July · Dry deciduous forests
- Mahasindhu Symphorema polyandrum · March-May · Dry deciduous forests
- Mahjaree Disporum cantoniense · June-December · Evergreen forests, Shola forests and grasslands
- Mahonia leschenaultii Mahonia leschenaultii · June-December · Shola forests
- Mahua Madhuca longifolia var. latifolia · December-July · Banks of rivers in mixed deciduous forests and semi-Evergreen forests
- Mahua Madhuca longifolia var. longifolia · January-June · Deciduous forests
- Mahua Madhuca neriifolia · November-March · Banks of rivers in evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Maidalakri Litsea glutinosa · Throughout the year · Deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests
- Mainphal Catunaregam spinosa · Throughout the year · Moist deciduous forests
- Maisoor Bala Sida glutinosa · Throughout the year · Hills and way sides, on the slopes
- Maisuri Tag Crotalaria mysorensis · October-April · Moist deciduous forests and scrub jungles, mostly in the plains
- Majith Rubia cordifolia · August-February · Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests
- Makhamal Cosmos caudatus · August-April · Cultivated
- Makhamallu Gorate Barleria tomentosa · September-March · Deciduous forests
- Makkhanaphal Persea americana · February-September
- Makora Ziziphus oenopolia · Flowering season not recorded
- Makoy Solanum nigrum · Throughout the year · Degraded moist deciduous forest and also waste places
- Makra Dactyloctenium aegyptium · Throughout the year · Marshy lands and open areas
- Makrut Lime Citrus hystrix · Flowering season not recorded
- Mala-Elengi Chionanthus mala-elengi subsp. linocieroides · January-May · Semi-evergreen, evergreen and shola forests
- Malabar Litsea Litsea bourdillonii · December-May · Evergreen forests
- Malabar Miliusa Miliusa wightiana · September-December
- Malabar Oberonia Oberonia chandrasekharanii · December-September · Evergreen forests
- Malabar Salacia Salacia malabarica · February-April · Evergreen forests
- Malabar Spurge Tree Euphorbia vajravelui · March-April · Rocky areas in Evergreen forests
- Malabar Whitish Balsam Impatiens hensloviana · August-October · Evergreen and shola forests
- Malabari Kapru Begonia malabarica · August-April · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Malacca Ginger Alpinia malaccensis · January-October · Along stream banks in Evergreen forests
- Malai Manchedi Ormosia travancorica · December-March · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Malaipuvarasu Hildegardia populifolia · April-February · Rocky terrains in deciduous forests
- Malampayin Drypetes oblongifolia · Throughout the year · Evergreen forests
- Malampunku Celtis philippensis · December-June · Dry and moist deciduous and shola forests
- Malaxis rheedei Malaxis rheedei · July-March · Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests
- Malay Jamun Syzygium malaccense · February-June · Cultivated
- Malayan Ground Orchid Spathoglottis plicata · Throughout the year · Garden Plant
- Malkangani Celastrus paniculatus · March-December · Moist deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests
- Malkangani Celastrus paniculatus subsp. aggregatus · April-October
- Man-Alu Dinebra retroflexa · July-April
- Manal Avara Canavalia rosea · January-March
- Mancharei Semecarpus auriculata · November-March · Evergreen forests
- Mandania Acrocarpus fraxinifolius · December-March · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Mandua Eleusine coracana · March-November · Widely cultivated in Paleotropics
- Mandukaparni Centella asiatica · Throughout the year · Stream banks and other water courses
- Manga Poovu Cosmos sulphureus · Throughout the year · Cultivated
- Mangium Tree Acacia mangium · February-July · Grown as avenue tree, also raised in plantations
- Manila Palm Adonidia merrillii · Flowering season not recorded · Planted
- Mankachu Alocasia macrorrhizos · July-November · In moist places close to water courses
- Manoranjinihoo Balli Artabotrys zeylanicus · September-June · Evergreen forests
- Mapoon Bush Morinda reticulata · March-September · Evergreen forests
- Marakurinji Strobilanthes gracilis · April-June · Evergreen forests
- Maramthinniatti Ficus exasperata · November-May · Stream banks of mixed forests and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Margaritaria indica Margaritaria indica · April-August · Semi-Evergreen forests
- Marmalade-Bush Streptosolen jamesonii · Flowering season not recorded
- Marorphali Helicteres isora · April-January · Deciduous forests, also in plantations and plains
- Marsh Balsam Impatiens tomentosa · June-September · Water logged places
- Marubhoomi Gulab Adenium obesum · Flowering season not recorded
- Mascarene Island Leaf-Flower Phyllanthus tenellus · Throughout the year · Waste places and plantations
- Mashitandu Chedi Peperomia pellucida · August-February · Degraded forest areas and wasteland near moist and shaded places
- Matchstick Bromeliad Aechmea gamosepala · Flowering season not recorded
- Matta Daalchini Cinnamomum sulphuratum · January-May · Evergreen and shola forests
- Mehendi Lawsonia inermis · December-May · Grown as hedge plant
- Memecylon lushingtonii Memecylon lushingtonii · February-June
- Memecylon malabaricum Memecylon malabaricum · Flowering season not recorded
- Mendurli Triumfetta rotundifolia · July-January · Open situations and footHills of deciduous forests
- Meradu Polygala chinensis · April-January · Open deciduous forests, moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Mercury Doughwood Micrococca mercurialis · June-December · Degraded moist deciduous forests, also forests plantations and plains
- Mesta Hibiscus cannabinus · September-January
- Methi Trigonella foenum-graecum · Flowering season not recorded
- Mexican Bush Sage Salvia leucantha · Flowering season not recorded
- Mexican Daisy Bush Montanoa bipinnatifida · December-April
- Mexican False Heather Cuphea hyssopifolia · May-September · Garden plant
- Mexican Fleabane Erigeron karvinskianus · Throughout the year
- Mexican Ruellia Ruellia simplex · Flowering season not recorded
- Mexican Tea Chenopodium ambrosioides · Throughout the year · Degraded forests and wasteland
- Mexican Viper Maurandya barclaiana · Flowering season not recorded · Planted
- Meyenia hawtayneana Meyenia hawtayneana · March-November
- Mhalungi Argyreia cuneata · August-February · Dry deciduous forests and grasslands
- Microsorum punctatum Microsorum punctatum · Flowering season not recorded
- Mirch Capsicum annuum · Throughout the year
- Mirch Capsicum frutescens · Throughout the year · Deciduous forests
- Missi Striga gesnerioides · August-November · Scrub jungles and deciduous forests
- Mitha Alu Ipomoea batatas · Flowering season not recorded
- Mock Bodh Tree Ficus rumphii · Flowering season not recorded
- Modest Balsam Impatiens modesta · April-September
- Modha Fahrenheitia zeylanica · Flowering season not recorded
- Modha Paracroton pendulus subsp. zeylanicus · March-April · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Modiravalli Ancistrocladus heyneanus · January-April · Evergreen forests
- Mogra Jasminum sambac · Throughout the year · Grown as garden plant
- Mohoe Talipariti tiliaceum · December-January · Along streamside and mangrove forests
- Money Plant Epipremnum aureum · Flowering season not recorded
- Monkey-Pod Archidendron clypearia · December-May · Evergreen forests
- Mookuthi Poo Galinsoga parviflora · December-April · Wastelands, dry deciduous forests and shola forests
- Moolaga Shembaga Palai Neolitsea cassia · March-May · Evergreen and shola forests
- Moolaga Shembaga Palai Neolitsea zeylanica · April-May · Dry deciduous forests
- Moorikoti Hemigraphis latebrosa · September-April · Moist deciduous forests
- Mootilpazham Baccaurea courtallensis · January-June · Evergreen, semi-Evergreen forests
- Moottumaram Lasianthus acuminatus · May-November · Evergreen and shola forests
- Mophead Hydrangea Hydrangea macrophylla · Throughout the year
- Morange Dendrocnide sinuata · November-December · Moist deciduous forests and semi-Evergreen forests
- Moreh Khujang Lei Impatiens chinensis · June-December · Marshy areas in grasslands
- Morinda tinctoria Morinda tinctoria · March-June
- Moroklei Salvia coccinea · Throughout the year · Grown as garden plant
- Mosaic Plant Ludwigia sedioides · Flowering season not recorded
- Mothe Cyperus distans · September-November · Along banks of streams, also in wastelands
- Mother Of Millions Kalanchoe delagoensis · Flowering season not recorded
- Mothi Saatveen Alstonia macrophylla · October-April · Avenue tree
- Mothirakanni Hugonia mystax · May-October · Dry and moist deciduous forests, also scrub jungles of the plains
- Moti Saunf Foeniculum vulgare · October-June
- Mountain Dipcadi Dipcadi montanum · June-October
- Mudgaparni Centrosema pubescens · Flowering season not recorded · Cultivated
- Mudgiluvai Commiphora berryi · February-August · Dry deciduous forests
- Mudiyendra Pacha Synedrella nodiflora · July-April · Garden plant
- Mugun Vigna trilobata · June-February · Rocky areas in dry and moist deciduous forests
- Mukhajali Drosera burmanni · October-February · Marshy areas in grasslands and degraded deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Mukhtari Grangea maderaspatana · September-July · In moist places
- Mukia leiosperma Mukia leiosperma · Throughout the year · Evergreen and moist deciduous forests
- Mukkuli Keerai Portulaca pilosa · July-December · Moist deciduous forests and plains
- Mulakunari Litsea laevigata · October-April · Moist deciduous to Evergreen forests
- Mulberry Morus indica · Flowering season not recorded
- Mulipolavu Pterospermum reticulatum · December-May · Semi-Evergreen forests
- Mullein Nightshade Solanum verbascifolium · February-July
- Mullu Honagonne Alternanthera pungens · Throughout the year
- Murukalli Euphorbia tortilis · June-August · Dry deciduous forests
- Musakani Merremia emarginata · September-March · Damp fields
- Mussaenda tomentosa Mussaenda tomentosa · November-August · Shola forests
- Muttakannikurinji Strobilanthes luridus · December-April · Evergreen and shola forests
- Myristica dactyloides Myristica dactyloides · Flowering season not recorded
- Mysore Bulb-Leaf Orchid Bulbophyllum mysorense · July-September · Semi-Evergreen forests
- Naga Vel Cissus discolor · August-October · Moist Deciduous forests and semi-Evergreen forests, also in sacred groves
- Nagalinga Couroupita guianensis · Throughout the year · Grown in gardens and temple premises
- Nagaramaram Beilschmiedia wightii · January-February · Evergreen, semi-evergreen and shola forests
- Nagdamani Crinum asiaticum · March-August · On the sandy grounds fronting the sea in deltaic forests
- Nagdavana Hymenocallis littoralis · Flowering season not recorded
- Nagesar Mesua ferrea · April-November · Evergreen forests, near streams
- Naked Stem Carpetweed Mollugo nudicaulis · August-March · Deciduous forests and sandy seacoasts
- Nalbila Cipadessa baccifera · March-November · Scrub, deciduous, moist deciduous, semi-Evergreen forests, also in the sacred groves
- Nana Lagerstroemia microcarpa · June-February · Moist and dry deciduous forests, also in plains
- Nannarappachcha Hoya wightii · April-August · Evergreen forests
- Nanyul Psydrax dicoccos var. dicoccos · February-September · Evergreen, semi-evergreen and dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Narali Pilea melastomoides · April-December · Evergreen- and shola forests, also in valleys near streams
- Naravi Amri Nervilia infundibulifolia · May-August
- Narival Perotis indica · Throughout the year · Wastelands
- Nariyal Cocos nucifera · Throughout the year
- Narra Pterocarpus indicus · October-January
- Narrow-Leaved Witchweed Striga angustifolia · July-November · Open grassy places
- Naruval Premna tomentosa · January-May · Dry deciduous forests
- Natal Grass Melinis repens · March-August · Moist deciduous forests and grasslands, also in rocky terrains
- Nau-Nuar Ardisia paniculata · Flowering season not recorded
- Nayi Beete Dalbergia rubiginosa · January-June · Stream banks of mixed forests
- Necklace-Pod Alyce Clover Alysicarpus monilifer · September-January · Mixed deciduous and open forests, also in plains
- 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
- Neelima Murdannia spirata · August-February · Grasslands and moist places
- Neelmani Burmannia coelestis · August-February
- Neem Azadirachta indica · March-September · Dry deciduous forests, gardens, roadsides
- Neem Chameli Millingtonia hortensis · May-February · Planted
- Neerambal Nymphaea pubescens · Throughout the year · Water bodies
- Neerujaple Daphniphyllum neilgherrense · January-June · Evergreen and shola forest margins
- Nekota Lepisanthes tetraphylla · November-May · Semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests; in sacred groves
- Nela Janumu Crotalaria pulchra · September-March · Moist deciduous forests
- Neolitsea foliosa Neolitsea foliosa · April-December · In valleys of forests and on high plateaus
- Nepal Satyrium Satyrium nepalense · September-January · Grasslands
- Nepal Trumpet Flowers Beaumontia jerdoniana · November-December · Evergreen forests
- Netha Kina Cyanotis cristata · July-November · Grasslands, degraded forest areas and wastelandS
- Nibu Citrus limon · February-September · Cultivated
- Nichardi Triumfetta pentandra · Throughout the year · Mixed deciduous forests
- Nickernut Guilandina bonduc · Flowering season not recorded
- Nil Hurhure Cleome rutidosperma · August-February · Moist places
- Nila Chitrak Plumbago auriculata · Throughout the year · Garden plant
- Nilam-Tenga Sauropus bacciformis · June-September · Grassy pastures near sea and mangrove forests, also on saline soils in inland forests and moist places
- Nilgiri Belly-Lip Orchid Gastrochilus acaulis · March-November · Semi-evergreen, evergreen, moist deciduous and dry deciduous forests and also in the sholas
- Nilgiri Belly-Lip Orchid Gastrochilus pulchellus · Flowering season not recorded
- Nilgiri Blushwort Aeschynanthus perrottetii · September-March · Evergreen and shola forests
- Nilgiri Buttercup Ranunculus wallichianus · June-October · Evergreen forests
- Nilgiri Cap-Flower Mitrephora heyneana · February-June · Dry deciduous forests
- Nilgiri Crape Jasmine Tabernaemontana gamblei · Throughout the year · Evergreen forests
- Nilgiri Disperis Disperis neilgherrensis · May-September · Evergreen forests and grasslands
- Nilgiri Emilia Emilia ramulosa · May-June
- Nilgiri Moorale Flemingia nilgheriensis · August-February · Grasslands
- Nilgiri Senecio Senecio neelgherryanus · May-December · Shola forests
- Nilgiri Turmeric Curcuma neilgherrensis · March-August · Grasslands
- Nili Ganji Rhynchosia hirta · December-March · Mixed deciduous forests
- Nilmani Lata Petrea volubilis · February-April · Cultivated in gardens
- Nilo Gandhe Ageratum houstonianum · Throughout the year · Forest edges near streams at high elevations
- Nimulwel Evolvulus nummularius · Throughout the year · Forest plantations and degraded moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Nir-Pullari Pycnospora lutescens · September-December · Deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Nirgundi Vitex negundo · January-September · Common in all areas along streams, roadside and fencing villages
- Nirmali Strychnos potatorum · April-December · Dry deciduous and mixed forests
- Niruri Phyllanthus debilis · May-January · On hills to 1200m, in fallow lands and river beds
- Nirvishi Kyllinga nemoralis · June-November · Waste places, degraded forest areas and grasslands
- Nishaagandhi Cestrum aurantiacum · August-March · Along roadsides of high ranges, also scrub jungles
- Nishagandhi Epiphyllum oxypetalum · June-September
- Nisoth Operculina turpethum · October-March · Degraded forest areas, also in moist localities in plains
- Nitya Mallige Jasminum azoricum · January-April · Grown as garden plant
- Nodding Swamp Orchid Geodorum densiflorum · April-June · Moist deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests, also in the plains
- Nonia Portulaca grandiflora · Throughout the year
- Nupur Jacaranda mimosifolia · December-July · Planted in gardens and avenues
- Nurreypitten Keerai Rothia indica · August-April · Deciduous forests and foothills
- Oal Amorphophallus paeoniifolius · May-June
- Oberonia platycaulon Oberonia platycaulon · September-March · Evergreen forests
- Oberonia recurva Oberonia recurva · September-January · Semi-Evergreen forests
- Oberonia santapaui Oberonia santapaui · December-March · Evergreen and shola forests
- Oblique Knob-Bush Blumea obliqua · October-March
- Ochna lanceolata Ochna lanceolata · March-April · Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests
- Octotropis travancorica Octotropis travancorica · April-May · Evergreen forests
- Odabirni Smithia sensitiva · August-December · Marshy grasslands
- Oeosporangium elegans Oeosporangium elegans · Flowering season not recorded
- Olax psittacorum Olax psittacorum · Flowering season not recorded
- Old Gold Flat Sedge Cyperus cyperinus · June-October · Degraded moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Oleandra musifolia Oleandra musifolia · Flowering season not recorded · In wet deciduous forests on tree trunks in partial shade
- Onappoo Argyreia hirsuta · August-February · Deciduous and shola forests, also in the plains
- One-Leaf Senna Senna uniflora · July-December · wasteland, plains
- Ontibetta Calamus pseudotenuis · October-February
- Oont Kanteli Echinops echinatus · September-March · Open forests
- Oorikai Hibiscus micranthus · October-April · Scrub forests and wastelands
- Ophiorrhiza grandiflora Ophiorrhiza grandiflora · Flowering season not recorded · Evergreen forests
- Oram-Petsik Cardamine hirsuta · November-December
- Orange Daylily Hemerocallis fulva · Flowering season not recorded
- Oriental Blechnum Blechnum orientale · Flowering season not recorded
- Orophea thomsonii Orophea thomsonii · October-March · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Orophea zeylanica Orophea zeylanica · May-September · Evergreen forests
- Osbeckia aspera Osbeckia aspera · August-April · Evergreen forests and grasslands, also in the plains
- Osbeckia aspera var. wightiana Osbeckia aspera var. wightiana · Throughout the year · Evergreen forests, moist deciduous forests and grasslands
- Oval Leaf Gardneria Gardneria ovata · February-December · Evergreen and shola forests, also in sacred groves
- Paamgaa Drosera peltata · June-January · Wet areas
- Paan Piper betle · Throughout the year
- Pachai Kiluvai Commiphora caudata var. pubescens · April-December
- Pachunda Capparis divaricata · March-November · Dry forests and on black cotton soil
- Pachunda Capparis grandis · Throughout the year
- Pachygone ovata Pachygone ovata · December-October · Dry deciduous forests and foothills of scrub jungles
- Pahari Pipar Piper mullesua · January-April · Evergreen and shola forests
- Paka Urena lobata subsp. sinuata · July-December · Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Pakar Cyclea peltata · November-June · Moist deciduous, semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests, also in the plains
- Pakha Phool Calanthe masuca · August-December
- Pakha Phool Calanthe sylvatica · August-December · Evergreen and shola forests
- Pala Ehretia microphylla · Flowering season not recorded
- Palam-Unni-P-Palai Alstonia venenata · November-August · Moist deciduous and dry deciduous forests
- Palani Coneflower Strobilanthes pulneyensis · October-November · On hills above 1400 m, especially in ravines and also as an undergrowth in moist forests
- Palash Butea monosperma · January-July · Deciduous forests
- Pale Indigo Indigofera wightii · June-February · Hill slopes and deciduous forests, also grasslands
- Palkani Drypetes venusta · January-May · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Palmarosa Cymbopogon martini · August-December · Grasslands
- Panacea Twiner Tylophora indica · May-December · Scrub and deciduous forests
- Panchpatia Ipomoea pes-tigridis · Throughout the year · Deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Pandurate Dendrobium Dendrobium panduratum · May-July · Evergreen forests
- Pangara Erythrina variegata · February-July · Dry deciduous forests
- Pangli Pogostemon benghalensis · December-April · Evergreen forests
- Pani Bel Cissus repanda · February-September · Semi-Evergreen forests, also in sacred groves
- Pani Ki Ghas Ludwigia adscendens · Throughout the year · Aquatic
- Paniala Bischofia javanica · March-December · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Panjphulli Lantana indica · Throughout the year · Deciduous forests and grasslands
- Panki Oldenlandia pumila · September-May · Wastelands
- Panlata Derris trifoliata · January-October · Mangrove forests and backwaters
- Pannamaravazha Pholidota imbricata · September-March · Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests, also in sacred groves
- Pannikkodi Cayratia pedata · Throughout the year · Moist deciduous and open deciduous forests and plains
- Pannittalai Litsea coriacea · October-January · Semi-Evergreen forests and sacred groves
- Panwar Senna tora · September-December · Moist deciduous forests, also Low lying places and roadsides
- Papda Gardenia latifolia · August-March
- Paper-Bhed Oldenlandia herbacea · June-December · Grasslands and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Papita Carica papaya · Throughout the year
- Papyrus Cyperus papyrus · Flowering season not recorded
- 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
- Parasite Honey Suckle Macrosolen parasiticus · December-August · Semi-evergreen, moist deciduous and dry deciduous forests
- Parda Bel Tarlmounia elliptica · Flowering season not recorded
- Parda Bel Vernonia elaeagnifolia · January-March
- Parrot Balsam Impatiens parasitica · Flowering season not recorded · Shola forests and Evergreen forests of Western Ghats
- Pasalai Keerai Portulaca quadrifida · Throughout the year · Wastelands and roadsides
- Pasali Talinum fruticosum · Flowering season not recorded
- Passiflora calcarata Passiflora calcarata · December-May
- Pat Corchorus olitorius · July-January · Weed of cultivated fields
- Patal Tumbri Argyranthemum frutescens · Flowering season not recorded
- Patharachatta Kalanchoe pinnata · Flowering season not recorded
- Patharchur Plectranthus barbatus · October-February · Grasslands and dry deciduous forests
- Patta Kunkudu Filicium decipiens · October-April · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests, also often planted in gardens
- Patthar-Suva Glossocardia bosvallia · August-February
- Pattuthali Litsea floribunda · August-April · Evergreen, semi-evergreen and shola forests
- Patua Saag Corchorus tridens · Throughout the year · Dry deciduous forests
- Patwa Ghas Chamaecrista mimosoides · July-February · Dry and moist deciduous forests
- Peace Lily Spathiphyllum wallisii · Flowering season not recorded
- Peeli Chameli Jasminum humile · Flowering season not recorded
- Peeli Kaner Cascabela thevetia · Throughout the year · Planted
- Perelam Amomum pterocarpum · May-June · Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests
- Peria-Nankai Polygala elongata · Throughout the year · Among sedges and grasses in scrub jungles
- Perum Kahamugan Kodi Cosmostigma racemosum · April-December · Moist deciduous forests, scrub jungles and sacred groves
- Peruvian Lily Alstroemeria aurea · Throughout the year
- Petha Benincasa hispida · Flowering season not recorded
- Phagoora Ficus auriculata · October-May · Near streams, also cultivated
- Phang Rivea hypocrateriformis · August-March · On hedges and dry deciduous forests and scrub jungles
- Pharsi Ghas Indigofera cassioides · July-January · Deciduous forests, borders of shola forests and grasslands along hill slopes
- Phatarpodi Bridelia stipularis · May-March · Semi-Evergreen forests
- Phenil Sapindus trifoliatus · October-April · Semievergreen and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Phirki Symphorema involucratum · February-May · Evergreen, semi-evergreen and dry forests
- Phoebe wightii Phoebe wightii · February-May · Evergreen and shola forests
- Phutki Melastoma malabathricum · Throughout the year · Stream banks and marshy areas in deciduous forests
- Phyllanthus gardnerianus Phyllanthus gardnerianus · June-November · Moist deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests, also in grasslands
- Phyllanthus indofischeri Phyllanthus indofischeri · July-February · Deciduous forests
- Pigeon Wood Trema orientalis · January-October · Dry and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Pilachi Khantudi Ceropegia spiralis · August-December
- Pili Kachnar Bauhinia tomentosa · Throughout the year · Occasional along river banks
- Piliya Tecoma stans · Throughout the year
- Pilkhan Ficus tsjakela · January-May · Moist deciduous forests and deciduous forests
- Pilkhan Ficus virens · March-December · Evergreen forests
- Pinj Firmiana colorata · March-June · Deciduous forests
- Pink Long-Spur Balsam Impatiens gardneriana · July-November
- Pink Trumpet-Tree Tabebuia heterophylla · Flowering season not recorded
- Pipal Ficus religiosa · Throughout the year
- Piper hymenophyllum Piper hymenophyllum · September-April · Semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests
- Piper trioicum Piper trioicum · August-May · Evergreen -and moist deciduous forests
- Pipli Piper longum · August-January · Semi-evergreen and evergreen and moist deciduous forests
- Pipri Ficus amplissima · September-March · Evergreen, moist and dry deciduous forests
- Pirantaikkoti Tetrastigma leucostaphylum · January-August · Evergreen, semi-evergreen, moist deciduous and shola forests, also in sacred groves
- Pisa Actinodaphne hookeri · October-March
- Pisatree Actinodaphne angustifolia · August-May · In shaded valleys, semi-Evergreen forests
- Pismaram Ruta chalepensis · January-October
- Pithauni Aglaia odorata · Flowering season not recorded · Grown in gardens
- Pitmari Naregamia alata · August-December · Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Piyala Buchanania axillaris · March-December · Dry deciduous forests
- Plankton Musa paradisiaca · Throughout the year · Cultivated throughout
- Plectranthus wightii Plectranthus wightii · December-February · Grasslands
- Pogostemon mollis Pogostemon mollis · October-February · Rocky areas of grasslands
- Poi Basella alba · Throughout the year
- Polka Dot Plant Hypoestes phyllostachya · Flowering season not recorded
- Polpola Aerva lanata · August-January
- Polygala wightiana Polygala wightiana · August-December · Dry deciduous forests
- Polygonum dichotomum Polygonum dichotomum · Flowering season not recorded
- Pomegranate Honey Suckle Scurrula parasitica · Throughout the year · Moist and dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Pongu Calophyllum polyanthum · June-September · Evergreen forests
- Poovallikodi Persicaria chinensis · Throughout the year · Evergreen, semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests
- Popcorn Bush Cedar Senna spectabilis · Throughout the year · Grown as ornamental tree
- Popowia beddomeana Popowia beddomeana · March-September · Evergreen forests
- Popti Physalis angulata · July-December · Moist localities in plains, degraded forests and waste places
- Porivatta Croton zeylanicus · March-October · Margins of Evergreen forests
- Port St. John's Creeper Podranea ricasoliana · November-June
- Pouzolzia bennettiana Pouzolzia bennettiana · Throughout the year · Evergreen forests
- Pouzolzia pentandra Pouzolzia pentandra · August-March · Along river banks
- Powder-Puff Plant Calliandra haematocephala · Throughout the year · Grown as an ornamental plant
- Pretty Dragon's Tongue Desmodium pulchellum · September-February · Dry deciduous and moist deciduous forests
- Prickly Pear Opuntia dillenii · Throughout the year · Dry deciduous forests and scrub jungles, also in the plains
- Prickly Sida Sida spinosa · March-December · Wastelands
- Pride Of The Cape Bauhinia galpinii · Throughout the year · Planted
- Priyadarsha Crossandra infundibuliformis · Throughout the year · Cultivated
- Prostrate Globe-Amaranth Gomphrena celosioides · Throughout the year · Scrub jungles and waste places
- Prostrate Justicia Justicia prostrata · June-January · On plains to 800m, on bare pasturelands or exposed slopes and deciduous forests
- Pscheru-Schunda Solanum violaceum · Throughout the year · Evergreen, semi-evergreen and dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Psychotria anamallayana Psychotria anamallayana · March-July · Evergreen forests
- Psychotria elongata Psychotria elongata · March-August
- Psychotria nigra Psychotria nigra · Throughout the year · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Psychotria nilgiriensis Psychotria nilgiriensis · September-December · Evergreen forests
- Pteris arisanensis Pteris arisanensis · Flowering season not recorded
- Pteris quadriaurita Pteris quadriaurita · Flowering season not recorded
- Pteris scabripes Pteris scabripes · Flowering season not recorded · On rocks near stream at 1303 m
- Pterospermum canescens Pterospermum canescens · June-April · Moist deciduous forests
- Pudina Mentha spicata · September-January · Cultivated
- Punal-Murunkai Indigofera trita var. maffei · Flowering season not recorded · Dry evergreen to dry deciduous forests
- Punal-Murunkai Indigofera trita var. marginulata · November-December · Dry deciduous forests
- Punarnava Boerhavia diffusa · Throughout the year
- Pundrika Meyna laxiflora · March-May · Evergreen forests
- Punjab Fig Ficus palmata · Flowering season not recorded
- Punnag Champa Alpinia zerumbet · July-October · Grown as garden plant
- Punnaga Hoovu Hippeastrum puniceum · Flowering season not recorded
- Purple Allamanda Allamanda blanchetii · Throughout the year
- Purple Bush-Bean Macroptilium atropurpureum · August-January · Dry and open forests
- Purple Foxglove Digitalis purpurea · Flowering season not recorded
- Purple Heart Tradescantia pallida · November-January · Grown as garden plant
- Purple Justicia Justicia procumbens · June-March · Scrub jungles
- Purple Kachnar Bauhinia purpurea · February-December; Fruits throughout the year · Deciduous forest and Planted
- Putijia Drypetes roxburghii · March-April; May onwards · Deciduous forests and sacred groves
- Putkanda Achyranthes bidentata · Throughout the year
- Putranjiva Putranjiva roxburghii · Flowering season not recorded
- Puttali Givotia moluccana · March-July · Dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Putul Callianthe picta · Flowering season not recorded
- Puvanna Sarcostigma kleinii · October-February · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests, along the ghats, also in the sacred groves
- Pyaj Allium cepa · Flowering season not recorded
- Pygmy Date Palm Phoenix roebelenii · Flowering season not recorded
- Quinine Cinchona calisaya · September-January · Cultivated
- Rabar Hevea brasiliensis · May-June · Cultivated
- Rabara Vriksh Ficus elastica · February-April · Planted as ornamental tree
- Raceme Alyce Clover Alysicarpus racemosus · August-December · Grassy places and scrub jungles
- Raidhani Ventilago denticulata · September-June · Dry deciduous forests
- Raimuniya Lantana camara · Throughout the year
- Rain Lily Zephyranthes citrina · June-July · Cultivated and escape
- Raini Pittosporum floribundum · October-January · Moist, dry deciduous and shola forests
- Rajma Phaseolus vulgaris · October-February
- Raktarohan Soymida febrifuga · February-July · Deciduous forests
- Ram Tulsi Ocimum gratissimum · Throughout the year · Wastelands and in dry deciduous forests
- Ramabanam Mullai Jasminum flexile · June-March
- Ramalo Macaranga indica · February-December (EG)
- Rambutan Nephelium lappaceum · March-November
- Ramdhan Champa Ochna gamblei · February-July · Rocky areas in deciduous forests and hill tracts
- Ramdhan Champa Ochna obtusata · February-July · Deciduous forests
- Rameta Gnidia glauca · January-May · Evergreen, dry deciduous and shola forests
- Ramma Fibre Hibiscus lunariifolius · September-February · Deciduous forests and moist deciduous forests
- Rana Jayaphal Knema attenuata · December-June · Evergreen forests
- Ranbiba Holigarna arnottiana · January-July · Semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests, also in the plains
- Ranchimani Andrographis echioides · Flowering season not recorded · Wasteland and plains
- Rapanea wightiana Rapanea wightiana · February-May · Shola forests
- Rasili Russelia equisetiformis · Throughout the year
- Rat Ki Rani Cestrum nocturnum · Throughout the year
- Ratan Purush Hybanthus enneaspermus · Throughout the year · Dry deciduous forests and wastelands
- Ratanjot Jatropha curcas · Throughout the year
- Ratanjoti Jatropha gossypiifolia · Throughout the year · Grown as hedge plant, also runs wild
- Ratnaaulo Polygonum nepalense · September-February · Evergreen and shola forests
- Red Barleria Barleria repens · September-February · Garden plant
- Red Button Ginger Costus woodsonii · Flowering season not recorded
- Red Cassia Cassia roxburghii · February-December · Grown as ornamental tree
- Red Creeper Ventilago maderaspatana · December-April · Moist deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests
- Red Cutch Acacia chundra · May-October · Dry deciduous forests
- Red Ginger Alpinia purpurata · Flowering season not recorded
- Red Torch Ginger Etlingera elatior · Throughout the year
- Red-Ball Snake Gourd Trichosanthes tricuspidata · Throughout the year · Deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Red-Leaved Mussaenda Mussaenda erythrophylla · Throughout the year · Cultivated
- Red-Lip Syzygium myrtifolium · Flowering season not recorded
- Reed Grass Arundinella setosa · May-December · Dry deciduous forests and grasslands
- Reetha Sapindus emarginatus · February-December · Dry deciduous forests and margins of grasslands
- 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
- Ringan Irid Amri Aerides ringens · April-July · Moist deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests and grasslands
- Rinorea bengalensis Rinorea bengalensis · March-May
- Rongoalathi Euphorbia prostrata · August-June · Weed in gardens
- Rose Apple Syzygium jambos · August-January · Cultivated
- Rose Epipogium Epipogium roseum · April-May · Evergreen forests
- Rose Evening Primrose Oenothera rosea · Throughout the year
- Rose Geranium Pelargonium graveolens · Throughout the year · Grown as garden plant
- Rose Of The Jungle Brownea grandiceps · Throughout the year · Grown as garden plant
- Rose Pink Zephyr Lily Zephyranthes carinata · Flowering season not recorded
- Rose Sandalwood Olea dioica · November-June · Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests at elevations 150-1350 m, also in the plains
- Rough Spider Flower Cleome aspera · Throughout the year · Deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Rough Wild Lavender Anisochilus scaber · September-December · Rocky areas in moist deciduous forests
- Rourea minor Rourea minor · December-August · Semi-Evergreen forests, also in sacred groves
- Rubber Ki Bel Cryptostegia grandiflora · Throughout the year · Near water bodies
- Rubbery Mango Mistletoe Helicanthes elastica · April-December · Evergreen forests
- Rubus fairholmianus Rubus fairholmianus · August-December · Evergreen forests
- Rudrakshi Guazuma ulmifolia · February-September
- Rudravanti Capparis moonii · December-October · Evergreen forests
- Rudravanti Cressa cretica · May-August · Sandy plains
- Rugmini Ixora coccinea · Throughout the year · Cultivated
- Rugtoora Spathodea campanulata · July-March · Planted as an avenue tree, also as shade tree in coffee plantations
- Rukh Lahure Dahlia imperialis · Flowering season not recorded
- Rungia sisparensis Rungia sisparensis · November-December · Evergreen forests
- Runner Bean Phaseolus coccineus · Flowering season not recorded
- Rupasi Grevillea robusta · June-April · Grown as shade tree
- Rushlike Dopatrium Dopatrium junceum · July-March · Marshy places, near ponds, rice fields and riverbeds
- Rusty Dunbaria Dunbaria ferruginea · November-March · Deciduous forests and border of shola forests
- Rusty Snoutbean Rhynchosia rufescens · October-February · Moist and dry deciduous forests
- Saaj Terminalia elliptica · Flowering season not recorded
- Sabuni Trianthema portulacastrum · July-October · Scrub jungles
- Sadabahar Catharanthus roseus · Throughout the year
- Safed Bel Porana paniculata · September-January
- Safed Bui Aerva javanica · December-February
- Safed Dhatura Datura innoxia · Throughout the year
- Safed Harra Terminalia pallida · August-November · On hill tops of dry deciduous forests
- Safed Kachnar Bauhinia acuminata · Throughout the year · Planted
- Safed Kaddu Cucurbita pepo · Flowering season not recorded
- Safed Musli Chlorophytum malabaricum · June-November · Evergreen and shola forests
- Safed Sambal Vitex trifolia · May-December · Coastal areas and plains
- Safed Siris Albizia procera · April-December · Moist deciduous forests, along streams and sometimes planted
- Safed-Karai Casearia graveolens · November-July · Deciduous forests
- Safed-Musli Chlorophytum tuberosum · May-December · In open forests
- Sagar Pathari Launaea sarmentosa · March-November
- Sageretia filiformis Sageretia filiformis · September-March · Occasional in Evergreen forests
- Sagun Tectona grandis · April-September · Moist deciduous forests and also raised in plantations
- Sahadevi Vernonia cinerea · Throughout the year · Foothills of deciduous forests
- Sahjan Moringa oleifera · Throughout the year · Cultivated
- Saiparesi Kyllinga brevifolia · June-February · Marshy areas, wastelands and roadsides
- Sal Shorea robusta · March-June · Deciduous and Sal forests
- Salad Lactuca sativa · Flowering season not recorded
- Salphi Caryota urens · December-August · Shola forests
- Salwood Tree Shorea tumbuggaia · March-August
- Samai Clerodendrum paniculatum · May-December · Often cultivated in gardens
- Samkru Coix lacryma-jobi · August-June · Marshy areas
- Samundra Phal Barringtonia acutangula · April-December · Along riverbanks and water courses
- San Crotalaria juncea · August-May · All types of forests and plains
- San Crotalaria pallida · Throughout the year · Degraded forest areas, also in the plains
- Sanay Senna alexandrina · Throughout the year · Occasional in plains, also on foothills
- Sandal Santalum album · Throughout the year · Foothills of dry deciduous forests and also in homesteads
- Sandharlika Hedychium spicatum · July-November · Shola forests
- Sandpaper Verbena Verbena rigida · Throughout the year
- Sanjivani Polygala arvensis · Throughout the year · Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains and scrub jungles
- Sankani Symplocos macrophylla · November-December · Evergreen forests
- Sanni Crotalaria spectabilis · September-May · Mixed and deciduous forests
- Santhanaviri Reinwardtiodendron anamalaiense · January-November · Semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests
- Sapheda Dhatura Datura stramonium · July-September · Waste places and scrub jungles
- Saptaparni Alstonia scholaris · June-January · Moist deciduous forests
- Saptarangi Salacia chinensis · February-October · Stream banks of miost deciduous forests and sacred groves
- Sarcandra chloranthoides Sarcandra chloranthoides · December-May · Evergreen and moist deciduous forests
- Sarcanthus pauciflorus Sarcanthus pauciflorus · June-August
- Sarmal Chamaecrista pumila · August-November · Dry deciduous forests and grasslands also on plains
- Sarpagandha Rauvolfia serpentina · April-November · Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Sarphonk Tephrosia purpurea · Throughout the year · Moist deciduous forests and grasslands, also in the plains and waste places
- Sarson Brassica juncea · Throughout the year
- Sarvajjaya Canna indica · Throughout the year
- Satmodi Stemodia viscosa · October-February · Marshy areas
- Satyanashi Argemone mexicana · Throughout the year
- Schefflera capitata Schefflera capitata · February-May · Evergreen forests
- Scotch Broom Cytisus scoparius · September-December · Forest plantations and degraded forest areas
- Scrambling Clerodendrum Volkameria inermis · Flowering season not recorded
- Screwpine Pandanus tectorius · August-October
- Sea Apple Syzygium grande · February-May · Shola forests
- 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
- Selaginella delicatula Selaginella delicatula · Flowering season not recorded
- Selaginella tenera Selaginella tenera · Flowering season not recorded · Undergrowth of coffee estates at 1000 m and undergrowth of forests of Western Ghats
- Selaginella wightii Selaginella wightii · Flowering season not recorded
- Selangamaram Decaschistia crotonifolia · March-November · Deciduous forests
- Sem Lablab purpureus · October-February
- Semal Bombax ceiba · February-May
- Sembulichan Erythroxylum monogynum · Throughout the year · Dry deciduous forests
- Senegaliya Acacia caesia · June-April · River banks, wasteland, scrub jungles and along hill slopes. Foot hills of evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Senegaliya Acacia pennata · May-February · Mixed forests and moist deciduous forests
- Sevagan Pavonia zeylanica · Throughout the year · Sandy rock regions of scrub jungles, also in deciduous forests
- Severalflower Dewflower Murdannia loriformis · August-December · Grasslands
- Shadevi Chrozophora rottleri · January-September · Paddy fields and reservoir banks
- Shaggy Wild Indigo Tephrosia villosa · September-April · Degraded forest areas, also in the plains
- Shakarkand Manihot esculenta · February-December · Cultivated
- Shallaki Boswellia serrata · January-August · Deciduous forests
- Sharifa Annona squamosa · March-December · Dry deciduous and scrub forests
- Shatavari Asparagus racemosus · September-June · All forest types, also in the plains
- Shaving Brush Tree Pseudobombax ellipticum · January-June
- Sheathed Dewflower Murdannia vaginata · July-October · Moist localities in the plains
- Shend Euphorbia umbellata · Flowering season not recorded
- Shend Synadenium grantii · September-April · Grown as live fence
- Shengali Canthium angustifolium · March-May · Moist deciduous, semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests
- Sheperd's Clock Anagallis arvensis · September-March
- Sherni Homonoia riparia · December-May · Along river and stream banks
- Shingar Balli Gouania microcarpa · October-March · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Shining Balsam Impatiens dasysperma · August-October · Along stream sides in shola forests
- Shining Bush-Violet Barleria nitida · July-March
- Shining Gynura Gynura nitida · September-December
- 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
- Short-Spike Copperleaf Acalypha brachystachya · October-February · Semi-evergreen forest and margins of shola forests
- Short-Stem Ceropegia Ceropegia decaisneana · October-December · Moist deciduous forests
- Short-Stem Coelogyne Coelogyne breviscapa · March-September · Semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests
- Showy Spider Lily Hymenocallis speciosa · Flowering season not recorded
- Shrub Vinca Kopsia fruticosa · Throughout the year
- Shrubby Balsam Impatiens fruticosa · October-April
- Shrubby Nightshade Solanum robustum · Throughout the year · Evergreen forests
- Shweta Boerhavia erecta · Throughout the year · Deciduous forests and wasteland
- Siala Markhamia lutea · Flowering season not recorded
- Sida rhomboidea Sida rhomboidea · July-September · Wastelands
- Silver Fern Pityrogramma calomelanos · Flowering season not recorded · Along roadside slopes, on clayey soil in partial shade
- Silver Leaved Night Shade Solanum elaeagnifolium · July-October
- Sim Jhaar Rotala rotundifolia · Throughout the year · Along streams and marshy areas
- Simple-Leaved Aglaia Aglaia simplicifolia · November-June · Evergreen forests
- Singapore Cherry Muntingia calabura · Throughout the year · Garden plant
- Single-Flowered Orophea Orophea uniflora · February-August · Evergreen forests
- Sinhal Cheree Prunus ceylanica · September-April · Moist shady places along streams, semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests
- Siranige Hambu Secamone emetica · August-March · Deciduous forests and scrub jungles
- Sisal Hemp Agave sisalana · January-April
- Sita Ashok Saraca asoca · March-October · Evergreen forests, also grown as ornamental tree
- Skeleton Fork Fern Psilotum nudum · Flowering season not recorded
- Skyflower Duranta erecta · Flowering season not recorded
- Sleeping Hibiscus Malvaviscus penduliflorus · Flowering season not recorded
- Slender Peperomia Peperomia dindygulensis · July-December · Moist deciduous, semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests
- Slender Tall Reedgrass Arundinella leptochloa · Throughout the year · Grasslands and degraded forest areas
- Small Fan Velvet Orchid Cheirostylis flabellata · November · Moist deciduous forests and Evergreen forests
- Small Rattlepod Crotalaria pusilla · July-January · Dry deciduous forests and scrub forests
- Small-Flowered Kohautia Hedyotis aspera · November-April · Dry deciduous forests, scrub jungles and also plains
- Small-Hat Balsam Impatiens goughii · July-December
- Small-Leaved Ebony Diospyros buxifolia · January-July · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Smilax perfoliata Smilax perfoliata · February-November · Moist deciduous forests
- Smilax wightii Smilax wightii · April-October · Moist deciduous and shola forests
- Smooth Joy Weed Alternanthera paronychioides · February-August · Dry places, near cannals
- Smooth Justicia Justicia glabra · September-January · Hedges and open forests
- Snake Gourd Trichosanthes cucumerina · June-May · Margins of semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Snowbush Breynia disticha · Flowering season not recorded
- Soap-Nut Acacia Acacia sinuata · January-June · Moist deciduous forests
- Solanum Solanum ferox · Flowering season not recorded
- Solanum denticulatum Solanum denticulatum · July-November · Shola forests
- Son Paadar Radermachera xylocarpa · February-April; Fruits Aprilil onwards · Deciduous forests
- Son-Jai Clematis wightiana · October-May · Shola forests and grasslands
- Sone Maavu Acronychia pedunculata · March-December · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Sonela Pulicaria wightiana · July-February · Scrub and plains
- Soursop Annona muricata · April-October
- South Asian Bracken Pteridium revolutum · Flowering season not recorded
- South Indian Pearly Everlasting Anaphalis lawii · December-February
- South-Indian Rattlepod Crotalaria longipes · August-March · Wet regions in deciduous forests and grasslands
- South-Indian Uvaria Uvaria narum · May-October · Moist deciduous to semi-Evergreen forests
- Spanish Needles Bidens bipinnata · August-January
- Spicy Jatropha Jatropha integerrima · Throughout the year · Cultivated
- Spider Hibiscus Hibiscus schizopetalus · Throughout the year · Cultivated
- Spiny-Leaf Knob-Bush Blumea oxyodonta · October-May
- Spiny-Leaf Lepidagathis Lepidagathis pungens · Flowering season not recorded · Dry localities in plains
- Spondias indica Spondias indica · January-March
- Spotted Balsam Impatiens maculata · July-December
- Spotted Ceropegia Ceropegia maculata · September-November
- Spotted Smithsonia Smithsonia maculata · May-July · Moist deciduous forests
- Spreading Flowered Habenaria Habenaria rariflora · July-October · Terrestrial
- Spreading Justicia Justicia diffusa · Throughout the year · On hills above 800m on bare slopes, in Evergreen forests, also near water courses in grasslands
- Sprenger's Asparagus Asparagus densiflorus · Flowering season not recorded
- St Thomas Mount Rockgrass Oropetium thomaeum · September-December · On old walls, roofs and on bare rocky soil
- Stalkless Canscora Canscora heteroclita · September-February · Moist places in rocky and laterite areas of deciduous forests
- Star Bladderwort Utricularia stellaris · October-March · Stagnant or slow running water
- Star Of Bethlehem Laurentia longiflora · Flowering season not recorded
- Star Sedge Cyperus dubius · August-October · Deciduous forests, wastelands and roadsides
- Staurogyne zeylanica Staurogyne zeylanica · January-March · Moist deciduous forests and also in the plains
- Sticky Balsam Impatiens viscosa · August-December · Margins of shola forests and grasslands
- Sticky Indian Mallow Abutilon ramosum · April-September · Disturbed forest
- Sticky Keepsafe Endostemon viscosus · July-January · Scrub jungles and rocky slopes
- Sticky Love Grass Eragrostis viscosa · Throughout the year · Wastelands
- Sticky Nightshade Solanum sisymbriifolium · Throughout the year · Scrub jungles in High Ranges, sometimes grown in gardens
- Stinking Wood Celtis timorensis · January-April
- Straggler Daisy Calyptocarpus vialis · Flowering season not recorded
- Strapwort Spurge Euphorbia corrigioloides · July-February
- Streblus taxoides Streblus taxoides · March-November · Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests
- Striped Bladderwort Utricularia striatula · October-March · On wet rocks in grasslands
- Striped Chiretta Andrographis lineata · July-October · Semi-Evergreen forests and grasslands
- Strobilanthes consanguineus Strobilanthes consanguineus · September-January · Evergreen forests
- Strobilanthes decurrens Strobilanthes decurrens · September-March · Evergreen forests
- Strychnos colubrina Strychnos colubrina · October-July · Semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests, along banks of streams and shaded localities
- 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
- Sugandhabala Pavonia odorata · August-February · Dry deciduous forests
- Suji Dracaena angustifolia · Flowering season not recorded
- Sultan Champa Calophyllum inophyllum · March-November · Plains, especially towards the coast and cultivated in gardens
- Sun Kyaamaraa Hedychium flavescens · July-September · Shaded areas in moist deciduous forests
- Sundrops Turnera ulmifolia · Throughout the year · Grown as Garden plant
- Sunset Bells Chrysothemis pulchella · Flowering season not recorded
- Supari Areca catechu · Throughout the year
- Surajmukhi Helianthus annuus · November-June · Cultivated
- Surangi Mammea suriga · January-May
- Surinam Powderpuff Calliandra surinamensis · Flowering season not recorded
- Swamp Fan-Palm Licuala spinosa · December-May
- Swamp Millet Isachne globosa · Throughout the year · Wetlands, fields and marshes
- Sweet Alys Alysicarpus bupleurifolius · September-January · Deciduous forests, plains, in grasslands
- Sweet-Scented Snoutbean Rhynchosia suaveolens · August-March · Dry deciduous forests
- Swertia corymbosa Swertia corymbosa · October-February · Grasslands
- Sword-Leaf Ceropegia Ceropegia ensifolia · August-October · Grasslands
- Symplocos rosea Symplocos rosea · Flowering season not recorded
- Syzygium gardneri Syzygium gardneri · March-June · Evergreen forests
- Syzygium lanceolatum Syzygium lanceolatum · March-August · Evergreen and Shola forests
- Syzygium munronii Syzygium munronii · January-May · Evergreen forests
- Syzygium travancoricum Syzygium travancoricum · January-June · Semi-evergreen and mangrove forests
- Taad Borassus flabellifer · February-August · Common near the sea coasts
- Taapre Jhaar Mazus pumilus · August-December · Moist deciduous forests
- Tachula Apluda mutica · Throughout the year · Moist deciduous and scrub forests, also in plains and wastelands
- Tailed Maidenhair Adiantum caudatum · Flowering season not recorded
- Takoli Dalbergia lanceolaria · March-December · Mixed deciduous forests and hill slopes
- Talauma mutabilis Talauma mutabilis · December-February
- Tamal Garcinia morella · October-August · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Tamarillo Solanum betaceum · Flowering season not recorded
- Tamatar Solanum lycopersicum · Flowering season not recorded
- Tambaku Nicotiana tabacum · August-May
- Tanjore Jatropha Jatropha tanjorensis · November-April · On hill plains, often as a hedge shrub by the coasts
- Tanoti Neanotis montholonii · August-November
- Tarbooz Citrullus lanatus · Flowering season not recorded
- Tarwar Senna auriculata · Throughout the year · Dry deciduous forests, plains and roadsides
- Taxillus bracteatus Taxillus bracteatus · February-October
- Te-Lenga-Mai Actephila excelsa · April-May · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Tectaria coadunata Tectaria coadunata · Flowering season not recorded
- Tectaria paradoxa Tectaria paradoxa · Flowering season not recorded
- Teff Grass Eragrostiella bifaria · August-January · Grasslands, sandy areas near streams, rocky hills and plains in deciduous forests
- Telya Aglaia lawii · December-March · Evergreen, semi-Evergreen forests
- Tephrosia fusca Tephrosia fusca · Flowering season not recorded
- Terminalia coriacea Terminalia coriacea · June-August
- Terminalia travancorensis Terminalia travancorensis · May-December · Evergreen forests
- Tetrastigma gamblei Tetrastigma gamblei · April-July · Semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests
- Tetrastigma muricatum Tetrastigma muricatum · Flowering season not recorded
- Tex-Mex Tobacco Nicotiana plumbaginifolia · Throughout the year
- Thalictrum javanicum Thalictrum javanicum · June-October · Grasslands
- Thanga-Puspam Lindernia rotundifolia · August-January · Marshy areas
- Thanni Poondu Lindernia antipoda · August-February · Near water courses
- Thannikkanchi Aneilema montanum · July-November · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Tharoi Pijup Stachytarpheta cayennensis · December-March · Waste places
- The Cape-Honey Suckle Tecomaria capensis · Throughout the year
- The Dawn-Flower Ipomoea indica · July-February · Cultivated as an ornament; often found as an escape
- The Mexican Shrimp Plant Justicia brandegeeana · Flowering season not recorded
- The Nerved Coelogyne Coelogyne nervosa · June-July · Grasslands, evergreen and shola forests
- The Potato Creeper Solanum seaforthianum · July-February · Degraded evergreen and moist deciduous forests
- The Variable Stachytarphyta Stachytarpheta mutabilis · Throughout the year
- Theepani Allophylus cobbe · May-January · Moist deciduous forests and semi-Evergreen forests, also in sacred groves
- Thick Leaved Lavender Anisochilus carnosus · October-February · Along streams, rocky boulders, and also in grasslands
- Thin Trichoglottis Trichoglottis tenera · April-May · Evergreen and shola forests
- Thinleaf Brake Pteris biaurita subsp. walkeriana · Flowering season not recorded
- Thipke Irid Amri Aerides maculosa · May-October
- Thorny Staff Tree Maytenus emarginata · November-March
- Thottachinungi Impatiens cordata · December-March · Near water courses in Evergreen forests
- Thottachinungi Impatiens cuspidata · August-December · Stream banks of shola forests
- Threadlike Eria Eria dalzellii · July-September
- Three Flowered Trickle Foil Desmodium triflorum · Throughout the year · Grasslands, Moist deciduous forests, and plains
- Thulo Lwang Phool Salvia splendens · Flowering season not recorded
- Thumbai Leucas aspera · Throughout the year · Open deciduous forests
- Thyme-Leaved Sandwort Arenaria serpyllifolia · Flowering season not recorded
- Tiktaa Sopubia trifida · November-May · Grasslands
- Til Sesamum indicum · Throughout the year · Cultivated
- Tilikosyo Lobelia nummularia · October-March · Along the roadsides in Evergreen forests
- Tiny Balsam Impatiens inconspicua · September-December · Grasslands
- Tiny Dendrobium Dendrobium microbulbon · -arch onwards · Evergreen forests
- Tiny Eria Eria nana · -ugust onwards
- Tiny Rattlepod Crotalaria nana · September-April · Grasslands and patcher lands
- Tippani Allophylus serratus · June-January · Scrub jungles and deciduous forests
- Tirunelveli Sonerila Sonerila tinnevelliensis · December-March · Grasslands
- Titli Phool Euphorbia cyathophora · June-January · Grown in gardens
- Tivra Gandha Chromolaena odorata · October-May
- Tomato Plant Lycopersicon esculentum · Throughout the year
- Toon Toona ciliata · March-October · Semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests
- Toothbrush Orchid Habenaria heyneana · August-December · Grassy areas
- Toothed Bract Indian Copperleaf Acalypha lanceolata · April-November · Scrub Forests
- Torai Luffa acutangula · Flowering season not recorded
- Trailing Daisy Sphagneticola trilobata · Flowering season not recorded
- Trailing Indigo Indigofera hendecaphylla · Flowering season not recorded
- Travancore Asystasia Asystasia travancorica · October-February · Evergreen, semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests
- Travanti Chlorophytum indicum · June-November · Hill slopes of deciduous forests, also in grasslands
- Traveller's Palm Ravenala madagascariensis · September-May
- Tree Privet Ligustrum robustum subsp. walkeri · February-July · Evergreen forests
- Tree-Dwelling Nilgiri Balsam Impatiens pseudo-acaulis · August-November · Wet rocky areas
- Tremulous Bulb-Leaf Orchid Bulbophyllum tremulum · January-June · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Tri-Nerved Pigeonpea Cajanus trinervius · November-January · Margins of shola forests
- Tridhara Euphorbia antiquorum · December-April · Scrub jungles, foothills of deciduous forests
- Tripungkee Coldenia procumbens · December-August · Wastelands, dried up ponds
- Tropical Girdle Pod Mitracarpus villosus · Throughout the year · Degraded moist deciduous forests and wastelands
- Tropical Soda-Apple Solanum viarum · Throughout the year · Waste places, foothills of degrded Evergreen forests
- Truvia Nudiflora Trewia nudiflora · May-March · Along riverbanks in evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Tufted Leucas Leucas ciliata · Throughout the year · Forest hedges, shaded areas in moist deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests
- Tuftroot Dieffenbachia seguine · Flowering season not recorded
- Tulsi Ocimum sanctum · Throughout the year · Scrub forests, deciduous forests and wastelands
- Tulsi Ocimum tenuiflorum · Flowering season not recorded
- Tumthang-Suak Crotalaria micans · July-May · Along roadsides in the high ranges
- Tunge Oil Tree Vernicia fordii · Flowering season not recorded
- Turpinia cochinchinensis Turpinia cochinchinensis · April-May · Evergreen forests
- Tusara Debregeasia longifolia · November-March · Evergreen forests
- Tutuva Ai Solanum trilobatum · Flowering season not recorded
- Two-Form Rattlepod Crotalaria bifaria · August-March · Fallow fields and grazing grounds
- Two-Shaped Dewflower Murdannia dimorpha · July-November · Grasslands and sandy sea shore
- Twoleaf Nightshade Solanum diphyllum · March-September · Grown as medicinal plant
- Typha angustata Typha angustata · March-December · Marshy fields
- Udajati Ecbolium ligustrinum · June-January
- Udal Sterculia villosa · January-June · Deciduous forests
- Udi Dolichandrone atrovirens · Throughout the year · Dry deciduous forests
- Ugina Kodi Ipomoea staphylina · October-April · Deciduous forests
- Ugra Habe-Amri Habenaria foliosa · July-September · Evergreen forests
- Ulat-Kanta Martynia annua · Throughout the year · Along road sides and as weed of wastelands
- Umbelled Blachia Blachia umbellata · February-April · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Umbelled Canthium Psydrax umbellata · December-August · Moist deciduous forests and sacred groves, also mixed forests
- Umbrella Plant Cyperus alternifolius · Throughout the year · Plains, often grown as ornamental
- Umbrella Tree Maesopsis eminii · September-April · Grown as shade tree in coffee plantation
- Uppilu Taxillus tomentosus · December-January · Evergreen, moist deciduous and shola forests
- Uvaria lurida Uvaria lurida · January-November · Damp forests and semi-Evergreen forests
- Vadinangu Poeciloneuron indicum · December-June · Evergreen forests, also in sacred groves of the plains
- Vajardanti Dicoma tomentosa · August-April · Dry deciduous forests
- Vajradanti Barleria noctiflora · July-February · Dry land and scrub jungles
- Vallichamatha Spatholobus purpureus · December-May · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Van Bhindi Malachra capitata · April-December · Wastelands and swampy areas
- Vanamallige Jasminum coarctatum · January-June · Evergreen, shola and moist deciduous forests
- Vanasushava pedata Vanasushava pedata · June-October
- Vanda Vanda tessellata · March-October · Dry and moist deciduous forests and also in the plains
- Vander Roti Kleinia grandiflora · June-November · Deciduous forests
- Variegated Croton Codiaeum variegatum · Flowering season not recorded
- Vasalaccira Ludwigia hyssopifolia · August-January · Marshy places
- Vatan-Vel Diploclisia glaucescens · February-August · Evergreen, semi-evergreen-and moist deciduous forests
- Vatta Madake Psychotria dalzellii · March-November · Evergreen forests
- Vattilapoovam Otonephelium stipulaceum · February-July · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Vediplavu Cullenia exarillata · January-November · Evergreen forests
- Vegetable Fern Diplazium esculentum · Flowering season not recorded · In open marshy places along streams and river banks
- Velladambu Mastixia arborea subsp. arborea · January-May · Sholas and Evergreen forests
- Vellai Karankali Diospyros oocarpa · January-July · Evergreen forests
- Vellakasavu Drypetes sepiaria · December-June · Dry and moist deciduous forests, semi-Evergreen forests, also in the plains and sacred groves
- Velvety Spurge-Creeper Dalechampia velutina · December-February · Evergreen forests, rocky areas
- Vernonia arborea Vernonia arborea · September-May · On hills above 1200m in sholas and Evergreen forests
- Vernonia comorinensis Vernonia comorinensis · December-March · Evergreen forests
- Vernonia gossypina Vernonia gossypina · March-September · Shola forests and grasslands
- Vernonia monosis Vernonia monosis · Flowering season not recorded
- Vidanga Embelia ribes · March-August · Semi-evergreen and shola forests
- Vijayasara Pterocarpus marsupium · March-November · Deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Vilayati Tarwar Senna hirsuta · June-April · Deciduous and degraded forests, also in the plains
- Vilayti Kikar Parkinsonia aculeata · July-December · Arable lands and wastelands
- Vilayti-Mehdi Dodonaea viscosa · Throughout the year · Shola, evergreen, dry deciduous and scrub forests
- Viola serpens Viola serpens · November-March · Hilly forests
- Virimaram Cordia monoica · October-April · Scrub and deciduous forests
- Visnukrantha Evolvulus alsinoides · March-October · Moist and dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Vitis reticulata Vitis reticulata · April-June
- Vizhudhi Cadaba trifoliata · February-November · Deciduous and dry Evergreen forests
- Wagati Moullava spicata · October-March · Moist deciduous forests, in open areas
- Wagheri Acampe praemorsa · April-December · Moist deciduous forests also in the plains
- Waras Heterophragma quadriloculare · December-April · Dry Deciduous forests
- Water Fern Ceratopteris thalictroides · Flowering season not recorded
- Water Lettuce Pistia stratiotes · May-February
- Water-Fire Bergia ammannioides · August-April · River beds, fallow fields, low-lying areas and coastal sandy wetlands
- Wax Mallow Malvaviscus arboreus · Throughout the year
- Waykaran Delonix elata · December-August · Planted along roads and avenues
- Weeping Bottlebrush Callistemon viminalis · Flowering season not recorded
- Weeping Fig Ficus benjamina · Throughout the year · Planted
- West Indian Mahogany Swietenia mahagoni · February-December · Garden plant
- Whipcord Cobra Lily Arisaema tortuosum · May-November · Deciduous forests
- White Babool Acacia leucophloea · July-February · Dry deciduous forests
- White Cedar Dysoxylum malabaricum · February-June · Evergreen forests
- White Champak Michelia nilagirica · March-August · Shola forests
- White Flag Mussaenda glabrata · May-November · Moist deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests
- White Passion Flower Passiflora subpeltata · September-May · Degraded forest areas
- White Rain Lily Zephyranthes candida · Flowering season not recorded
- White Short-Helmet Orchid Brachycorythis wightii · May-October · Grasslands
- Whitish Pigeonpea Atylosia albicans · September-April · Deciduous and scrub forests and on road sides
- Whorled Oberonia Oberonia verticillata · July-November · Evergreen and shola forests
- Whorled-Leaf Balsam Impatiens verticillata · September-April · In gravelly beds of streams in Evergreen forests
- Wide Spikenard Mesosphaerum suaveolens · Flowering season not recorded
- Wight's Twisted Arum Anaphyllum wightii · August-February · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Wild Banana Musa acuminata · Flowering season not recorded
- Wild Cowrie Fruit Casearia championii · February-September · Semi-Evergreen forests
- Wild Cucumber Zehneria scabra · Throughout the year · Semi-Evergreen forests, forest margins
- Wild Dracaena Dracaena terniflora · April-October · Shaded places of evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Wild Gooseberry Phyllanthus polyphyllus · December-May · Along riverbeds and deciduous forests
- Wild Star Apple Chrysophyllum roxburghii · April-November · Evergreen forests
- Wild Tantan Desmanthus virgatus · June-December · Planted
- Willowleaf Angelon Angelonia salicariifolia · Throughout the year · Grown as ornamental plant
- Winged Lobelia Lobelia heyneana · September-February · Wet areas in Evergreen forests and moist grassy places
- Wingpod Purslane Portulaca umbraticola · Flowering season not recorded
- Wingseed Sesame Sesamum alatum · September-April · Weed of wasteland and roadsides, also in cultivated fields
- Winter Squash Cucurbita maxima · Flowering season not recorded
- Wiry Indigo Indigofera aspalathoides · June-March · Sandy wasteland and scrub forests
- Wishbone Flower Torenia fournieri · Throughout the year · Grown as garden plant
- Witchweed Striga asiatica · Throughout the year · Grasslands in open deciduous forests
- Woodrose Argyreia bracteata · July-April
- Woolly Begonia Begonia floccifera · January-February · Evergreen forests
- Xanthophyllum arnottianum Xanthophyllum arnottianum · Throughout the year · Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests, also sacred groves in the plains
- Xyris pauciflora Xyris pauciflora · July-February · Moist deciduous forests and marshy areas
- Yam Bean Smithia blanda · October-January · Marshy areas in grasslands
- Yellow Fx-Tail Grass Setaria pumila · July-November · Degraded moist deciduous forests, grasslands and wasteland
- Yellow Gulmohar Peltophorum pterocarpum · March-December
- Yellow Habenaria Habenaria perrottetiana · September-October
- Yellow Helmet Orchid Polystachya concreta · July-August · Semi-Evergreen forests
- Yellow Jacobinia Justicia aurea · Flowering season not recorded
- Yellow Mussaenda Pseudomussaenda flava · Flowering season not recorded
- Yellow Saraca Saraca thaipingensis · Flowering season not recorded · Moist deciduous forests
- Yellow Sensitive Plant Neptunia triquetra · May-November · On hills and plains
- Yellow-Flowered Waterhyssop Mecardonia procumbens · July-January · Degraded moist deciduous forests, grasslands and waste places. Garden weed
- Yellow-Spotted Kamala Mallotus aureopunctatus · September-November · Semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests
- Yerum Lei Yucca aloifolia · Throughout the year
- Yesterday Today And Tomorrow Brunfelsia pauciflora · Flowering season not recorded
- Yurile Jhaar Hypericum japonicum · November-August · Water logged areas in grasslands and semi-Evergreen forests
- Zaitun Gyrocarpus americanus · October-April · Dry deciduous forests
- Zanthoxylum tetraspermum Zanthoxylum tetraspermum · April-December · Evergreen, semi-Evergreen forests
- Zimikand Dioscorea bulbifera · July-March
- Zollinger's Indigo Indigofera zollingeriana · September-October
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