Khari Lani Sag / Common Indian Salt Wort
Suaeda maritima
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Khari Lani Sag
Identify Khari Lani Sag by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a undershrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Fleshy succulent leaves, grows in coastal salt marshes.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Chenopodiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Khari Lani Sag.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Suaeda maritima
- Genus
- Suaeda
- Family
- Chenopodiaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Sea coasts
- Habitat type
- Coastal
- Distribution
- India, Europe, N.Africa, Australia, A.America
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Odisha, Sikkim
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
Typical of the Chenopodiaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Panicle
- Fruit
- Berry
Typical of the Chenopodiaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Hindi
- खारी लनी साग Khari Lani Sag
- Bengali
- গেরুয়া শাক Gerua Shak
- Tamil
- கீரி Kiri, நரி உமரி Nari Umari, நீருமரி Nir-Umari
- Marathi
- मोरस Moras
About Khari Lani Sag
Common Indian Salt wort (Suaeda maritima) is a low shrub in the Chenopodiaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and 3 other states. It grows in sea coasts. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Chenopodiaceae
Goosefoot Family
Khari Lani Sag belongs to the Chenopodiaceae family.
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