Kumattikkirai
Allmania nodiflora var. procumbens
- Habit
- Herb
- Flowering
- September-December
How to identify Kumattikkirai
Identify Kumattikkirai 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: Prostrate spreading habit.
- Confirm leaf shape: Simple oval/lance-shaped.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Spike (stalkless flowers along a stem).
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: September-December.
- Confirm it sits within the Amaranthaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Kumattikkirai.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Allmania nodiflora var. procumbens
- Genus
- Allmania
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-December
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Simple oval/lance-shapedrecorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kumattikkirai 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 Kumattikkirai 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 Kumattikkirai
A member of the Amaranthaceae family, Allmania nodiflora var. procumbens is a herb. It grows in deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from September to December.
Amaranthaceae
Amaranth family
Kumattikkirai belongs to the Amaranthaceae family.
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