Shadevi / Suryavarti
Chrozophora rottleri
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan & more
- Flowering
- January-September
How to identify Shadevi
Identify Shadevi by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a undershrub habit.
- Confirm leaf margin: Entire (smooth edge).
- Confirm leaf surface: Tomentose (woolly, matted hairs).
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: January-September.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, West Bengal and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Euphorbiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Shadevi.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Chrozophora rottleri
- Genus
- Chrozophora
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Paddy fields and reservoir banks
- Habitat type
- Wetland
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China, Java
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Telangana
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-September
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf margin
- Entire (smooth edge)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Tomentose (woolly, matted hairs)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Shadevi itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Shadevi itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- शदेवी shadevi
- Bengali
- ক্ষুদি ওকরা
- Tamil
- Purapirakkai
- Telugu
- ఎర్ర మిరియము erra miriyamu, గురుగుఛెట్టు guruguchettu, లింగమిరప linga mirapa
- Kannada
- ಲಿಮ್ಗಮೆಣಸು lingamenasu
- Marathi
- सुर्यवर्ती suryavarti
About Shadevi
Suryavarti (Chrozophora rottleri) belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family, where it grows as a low shrub. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan and 9 other states. It grows in paddy fields and reservoir banks. Flowering and fruiting run from January to September.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Shadevi belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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