Illustrative leaf, not this species
Drymaria diandra
Pipili
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Ecology & growing context
- Native status · Kew WCVP
- WCVP native range includes Assam, India, West Himalaya Kew dataset ↗︎
Kew WCVP dataset; accepted-name match. Dataset matching is separate from an individual regional review. Recorded worldwide native range: Trop. & Subtrop. Old World.
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How to identify Pipili
Identify Pipili 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: Only two stamens per flower.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka.
- Confirm it sits within the Caryophyllaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Pipili.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Drymaria diandra
- Genus
- Drymaria
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Distribution
- India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, China, Taiwan, Indo-China, Malaysia, Australia, Africa
- Found in India
- Karnataka
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
Characters marked “recorded” are for Pipili itself; the rest are typical of the Caryophyllaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Pipili
Pipili (Drymaria diandra) belongs to the Caryophyllaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Caryophyllaceae
Pink Family
Pipili belongs to the Caryophyllaceae family.
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