✿Lythraceae · Ammannia
Aginbuti
Ammannia baccifera subsp. aegyptica
HerbMedicinal
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ammannia baccifera subsp. aegyptica
- Genus
- Ammannia
- Family
- Lythraceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Sandy waterlogged areas and river beds
- Habitat type
- Wetland
- Distribution
- Tropical Africa, Southern Europe, Tropical Asia, Himalayas, India to China, Malaysia, Australia, Bhutan
- Found in India
- Karnataka
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Fruit
- Berry
Typical of the Lythraceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Hindi
- अग्नि बूटी Aginbuti, बन मिरिच Ban mirich, दादमारी Dadmari
- Bengali
- বনমরিচ banmarich
- Tamil
- கல்லுருவி kal-l-uruvi, நீர்மேல் நெருப்பு
- Kannada
- ಕಾಡುಗಿಡ kaadugida, ಅಗ್ನಿವೇಂದ್ರಪಾಕು Agnivendrapaaku, ಕಲ್ಲುರಿವೆ Kallurive
- Malayalam
- kallur vanchi, nirumelneruppu, കല്ലുരുവി
- Marathi
- अगीनबुटी aginbuti, भरजांभूळ bharajambhula, दादमारी dadmari
About Aginbuti
Ammannia baccifera subsp. aegyptica is a herb in the Lythraceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka. It grows in sandy waterlogged areas and river beds. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Botanical family
Lythraceae
Loosestrife/Henna family
Aginbuti belongs to the Lythraceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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