✿Poaceae · Perotis
Narival / Indian Comet Grass
Perotis indica
HerbMedicinal
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, West Bengal & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Perotis indica
- Genus
- Perotis
- Family
- Poaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Wastelands
- Habitat type
- Wasteland
- Distribution
- India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaya, Southeast Asia
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Telangana, Karnataka, Assam, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Poaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Fruit surface
- Smooth, not spinyrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Grain
Characters marked “recorded” are for Narival itself; the rest are typical of the Poaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- narival, kudiraival pullu, thopparai pullu
- Kannada
- narimisai-hullu, jabburu-korlai-hullu
- Malayalam
- tsjeria-kuren-pullu
- Marathi
- dev-nail, urya-nail
About Narival
Indian Comet Grass (Perotis indica) belongs to the Poaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, West Bengal and 6 other states. It grows in wastelands. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Botanical family
Poaceae
Grass family
Narival belongs to the Poaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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