✿Gentianaceae · Exacum
Avachiretta / Bicolor Persian Violet
Exacum bicolor
Herb
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra
- Flowering
- September-January
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Exacum bicolor
- Genus
- Exacum
- Family
- Gentianaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Grasslands and laterite hills, and shola borders
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
Typical of the Gentianaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Bicolor (two distinct colors)recorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Avachiretta itself; the rest are typical of the Gentianaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Avachiretta, Bara-charayatah, Habshi-charayatah
- Marathi
- उडी चिरायत Udi chirayat
- Tamil
- செடீ Cheti
- Kannada
- Dodda Chirayutha
- Bengali
- Koochuri
- Assamese
- Sher-ri-takti
- Mizo
- Par-khawdur
About Avachiretta
Bicolor Persian Violet (Exacum bicolor) is a herb in the Gentianaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka and Maharashtra. It grows in grasslands and laterite hills, and shola borders. Flowering and fruiting run from September to January.
Botanical family
Gentianaceae
Gentian family
Avachiretta belongs to the Gentianaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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