Thanni Poondu / Sparrow False Pimpernel
Lindernia antipoda
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- August-February
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Lindernia antipoda
- Genus
- Lindernia
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Near water courses
- Habitat type
- Wetland
- Native to
- Tropical Asia
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka through Malesia, Northern Australia, Polynesia
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-February
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Typical of the Scrophulariaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Blue/purplerecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Thanni Poondu itself; the rest are typical of the Scrophulariaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Assamese
- বগা কাঁচিডৰিয়া baga kachidoria
- Bengali
- সাদা পানি ঘাস sada pani ghas, জাই ঘাস zai ghas
- Konkani
- शेवाळ sheval
- Marathi
- शेवाळ sheval
- Tamil
- தண்ணிப் பூண்டு thanni poondu
- Telugu
- నీళ్ల పుండు neella pundu
About Thanni Poondu
Sparrow false pimpernel (Lindernia antipoda) belongs to the Scrophulariaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh and 2 other states. It grows in near water courses. Flowering and fruiting run from August to February.
Scrophulariaceae
Figwort family
Thanni Poondu belongs to the Scrophulariaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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