Daman Pappar / Flattop Nille Grass
Oldenlandia corymbosa
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Kerala, Telangana, West Bengal & more
- Flowering
- April-February
How to identify Daman Pappar
Identify Daman Pappar 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.
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: April-February.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala, Telangana, West Bengal, Karnataka and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Rubiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Daman Pappar.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Oldenlandia corymbosa
- Genus
- Oldenlandia
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Degraded forests areas, also in the plains
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- Tropical Asia & Africa
- Found in India
- Kerala, Telangana, West Bengal, Karnataka, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Odisha, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Jammu & Kashmir, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
- Flowering & fruiting
- April-February
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Daman Pappar itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Daman Pappar itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- दमन पप्पड़ daman pappar, पित्तपापड़ा pitpapra
- Nepali
- पिरिङगों piringo
- Tamil
- காட்டுச்சாயவேர் kattucayaver, பாப்பான்பூண்டு pappan puntu, பர்ப்படாகம் parppatakam
- Telugu
- వెన్నెల వేము vernnela-vemu
- Kannada
- ಪರ್ಪಟ ಹುಲ್ಲು parpata hullu
- Malayalam
- പര്പ്പടകം parppatakam, പര്പ്പടക പുല്ല് parppatakappullu
- Marathi
- पित्तपापडा pitpapda
About Daman Pappar
A member of the Rubiaceae family, Flattop Nille Grass (Oldenlandia corymbosa) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Telangana, West Bengal and 19 other states. It grows in degraded forests areas, also in the plains. Flowering and fruiting run from April to February.
Rubiaceae
Coffee/Madder family
Daman Pappar belongs to the Rubiaceae family.
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