✿Caryophyllaceae · Polycarpon
Sureta / Prostrate Manyseed
Polycarpon prostratum
HerboutdoorMedicinal
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Meghalaya, Rajasthan
- Flowering
- August-May
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Polycarpon prostratum
- Genus
- Polycarpon
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Paddy fields and river banks in the plains
- Habitat type
- Wetland
- Distribution
- Paleotropics
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Meghalaya, Rajasthan
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-May
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
Characters marked “recorded” are for Sureta itself; the rest are typical of the Caryophyllaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Assamese
- ঘীমা Ghima
- Hindi
- Sureta
About Sureta
A member of the Caryophyllaceae family, Prostrate Manyseed (Polycarpon prostratum) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Meghalaya and Rajasthan. It grows in paddy fields and river banks in the plains. Flowering and fruiting run from August to May.
Botanical family
Caryophyllaceae
Pink Family
Sureta belongs to the Caryophyllaceae family.
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