✿Amaranthaceae · Alternanthera
Reshamkatha
Alternanthera ficoidea
Herboutdoor
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Kerala, Telangana & more
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Alternanthera ficoidea
- Genus
- Alternanthera
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Native to
- Tropical America
- Distribution
- Introduced in India
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Kerala, Telangana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Chandigarh, Goa, Odisha, Himachal Pradesh, Puducherry, Punjab
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Simple oval/lance-shapedrecorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Reshamkatha itself; the rest are typical of the Amaranthaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Achene
Typical of the Amaranthaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Hindi
- रेशमकाथा Reshamkatha
- Bengali
- নানথি শাক Nanthi shak, পলতে কেশুত Palte keshut, সলতে কেশুত Salte keshut
- Tamil
- சீமை பொன்னாங்கண்ணி Seemai ponnankanni
- Telugu
- అడవి పున్నాగంటె అలము Adavi punnaganti aalamu
- Kannada
- ಮತ್ಸ್ಯಾಕ್ಷಿ Matsyakshi
- Malayalam
- പൊന്നാങ്കണ്ണി Ponnaankanni
- Marathi
- कुसळ Kusal
About Reshamkatha
Alternanthera ficoidea is a herb in the Amaranthaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Kerala, Telangana and 16 other states.
Botanical family
Amaranthaceae
Amaranth family
Reshamkatha belongs to the Amaranthaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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