✿Polygalaceae · Polygala
Sanjivani / Field Milkwort
Polygala arvensis
Herb
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Polygala arvensis
- Genus
- Polygala
- Family
- Polygalaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains and scrub jungles
- Native to
- Indo-Malaysia
- Distribution
- India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Northern Australia
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Sanjivani itself; the rest are typical of the Polygalaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Mirdoi, संजीवनी Sanjivani
- Malayalam
- katu-vistna-clandi, kodatsjeri
- Marathi
- फुटाणी
About Sanjivani
Field Milkwort (Polygala arvensis) belongs to the Polygalaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana and 5 other states. It grows in moist deciduous forests, also in the plains and scrub jungles. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Botanical family
Polygalaceae
Milkwort Family
Sanjivani belongs to the Polygalaceae family.
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