Budde Soppu
Allmania nodiflora
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Telangana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- July-December
How to identify Budde Soppu
Identify Budde Soppu by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Flowers clustered at stem nodes.
- Confirm leaf shape: Simple oval/lance-shaped.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Spike (stalkless flowers along a stem).
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: July-December.
- In India, compare location records such as Telangana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Amaranthaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Budde Soppu.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Allmania nodiflora
- Genus
- Allmania
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Deciduous forests and wastelands
- Distribution
- Tropical Asia, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia, China, Indonesia, Philippines
- Found in India
- Telangana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Assam, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Simple oval/lance-shapedrecorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Budde Soppu itself; the rest are typical of the Amaranthaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower arrangement
- Spike (stalkless flowers along a stem)recorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Achene
Characters marked “recorded” are for Budde Soppu itself; the rest are typical of the Amaranthaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- Kumattikkirai, Kiraikkummatti
- Kannada
- ಬುಡ್ಡೆಸೊಪ್ಪು Budde soppu, Hasiru budde soppu, Kandu budde gida
- Malayalam
- Pee-coipa, Pee-tardavel
About Budde Soppu
Allmania nodiflora belongs to the Amaranthaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Telangana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and 5 other states. It grows in deciduous forests and wastelands. Flowering and fruiting run from July to December.
Amaranthaceae
Amaranth family
Budde Soppu belongs to the Amaranthaceae family.
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