Dodda Chiraayatha / Stalked Persian Violet
Exacum pedunculatum
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- September-March
How to identify Dodda Chiraayatha
Identify Dodda Chiraayatha 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: Flowers on distinct stalks (peduncles).
- Confirm flower colour: Purple/violet.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: September-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Gentianaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Dodda Chiraayatha.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Exacum pedunculatum
- Genus
- Exacum
- Family
- Gentianaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Rice fields, grasslands
- Habitat type
- Grassland
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-March
- 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
- Purple/violetrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Dodda Chiraayatha itself; the rest are typical of the Gentianaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Kannada
- Dodda chiraayatha
About Dodda Chiraayatha
A member of the Gentianaceae family, Stalked Persian Violet (Exacum pedunculatum) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and 6 other states. It grows in rice fields, grasslands. Flowering and fruiting run from September to March.
Gentianaceae
Gentian family
Dodda Chiraayatha belongs to the Gentianaceae family.
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