✿Polygalaceae · Polygala
Peria-Nankai / Narrow-Leaved Milkwort
Polygala elongata
Herb
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Polygala elongata
- Genus
- Polygala
- Family
- Polygalaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Among sedges and grasses in scrub jungles
- Habitat type
- Scrub
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Malesia
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh, Telangana, Arunachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Sikkim, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Manipur, Nagaland, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Goa, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh
- 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 Peria-Nankai itself; the rest are typical of the Polygalaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- Peria-nankai, Periya nangai
About Peria-Nankai
Narrow-Leaved Milkwort (Polygala elongata) belongs to the Polygalaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and 23 other states. It grows in among sedges and grasses in scrub jungles. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Botanical family
Polygalaceae
Milkwort Family
Peria-Nankai belongs to the Polygalaceae family.
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