About Indian Snakeweed
Stachytarpheta indica is a species of plant in the family Verbenaceae, native to the tropical Americas. It has often been included in the species S. jamaicensis.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Stachytarpheta indica
- Genus
- Stachytarpheta
- Family
- VERBENACEAE
- Habit
- Undershrub
Local Names
- Hindi
- Kariyartharani
- Tamil
- சீமை நாயுரிவி Seemai nayuruvi
- Malayalam
- Katapunnuttu, Seemakongini

Botanical family
Verbenaceae
Verbena/Teak family
Indian Snakeweed belongs to the Verbenaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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