Dadmari (Ammannia baccifera)

Dadmari (Ammannia baccifera) is a species of plant in the Lythraceae, an erect, branched herb, up to 50 cm tall, with slightly angular stems and narrow, oblong leaves about 3.5 cm long. The flowers are about 1.2 mm long, greenish or purplish, and grow in dense axillary clusters.



TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Myrtales
Family: Lythraceae
Genus: Ammannia L. in Sp. Pl.: 119 (1753)
Species: Ammannia baccifera L. in Sp. Pl.: 120 (1753)

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Ammannia baccifera f. genuina Koehne in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 260 (1880)
Ammannia baccifera f. typica Koehne (1880)

HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS
Celosia bicolor Blanco in Fl. Filip.: 191 (1837)
Celosia nana Blanco (1837)
Ammannia apiculata Koehne (1880)
Ammannia attenuata Hochst. ex A.Rich. in Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 278 (1848)
Ammannia attenuata var. latifolia Koehne (1880)
Ammannia attenuata var. micromerioides Chiov. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1917: 27 (1917)
Ammannia attenuata f. perattenuata Koehne (1880)
Ammannia attenuata f. vigens Koehne (1880)
Ammannia auriculata var. subsessilis Boiss. in Fl. Orient. 2: 743 (1872)
Ammannia baccifera f. altissima Koehne (1880)
Ammannia baccifera subsp. contracta Koehne (1880)
Ammannia baccifera subf. expansa Koehne (1880)
Ammannia baccifera f. glauca (Wall. ex Wight & Arn.) Koehne (1880)
Ammannia baccifera var. micromerioides (Chiov.) Cufod. in Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 39(Suppl.): XXIX (1969)
Ammannia baccifera f. pseudoaegyptica Koehne (1880)
Ammannia baccifera f. typica Koehne (1880)
Ammannia baccifera subsp. viridis (Willd. ex Hornem.) Koehne (1880)
Ammannia densiflora Miq. ex C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 2: 569 (1879)
Ammannia discolor Nakai in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 35: 133 (1921)
Ammannia glauca Wall. ex Wight & Arn. in Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 305 (1834)
Ammannia indica Lam. in Tabl. Encycl. 1: 311 (1792)
Ammannia retusa Koehne (1880)
Ammannia salicifolia Hiern in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 478 (1871)
Ammannia vescicatoria Roxb. in Fl. Ind. 1: 447 (1820)
Ammannia viridis Willd. ex Hornem. in Hort. Bot. Hafn. 1: 146 (1813)
Cryptotheca apetala Blume in Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 1129 (1827)
Hapalocarpum indicum (Lam.) Miq. in Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 618 (1856)
Hapalocarpum vesicatorium (Roxb.) Miq. (1856)

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VERNACULAR NAME

Arabic: أحمر الساق الملكي
Bengali: ব্যানমারিচ Banmarich
Chinese (simplified): 水苋菜
Chinese (traditional): 水莧菜
English: Monarch redstem, Blistering Ammannia, Acrid weed, Tooth cup, Ammannia, Eared Redstem, Redstem Toothcup
Filipino: Bias-pugo, Apoy-apoyan, Parapit-angit
Hebrew: אמניה מצרית
Hindi: दादमारी - अगिनबुटी - बन मिरिच - जंगली मेहंदी Dadmari, Aginbuti, Ban mirich, Jungli mehendi
Indonesia: Titiran
Japanese: シマミソハギ
Java: Titiran
Kannada: Kaadugida, Agnivendrapaaku, Kallurive, Agnivati, Agnivaya
Konkani: Dadmaria
Malayalam: Kallur vanchi, Nirumelneruppu
Marathi: Aginbuti, Bharajambhula, Dadmari
Nepal: अम्बर Ambar
Punjabi: Dadarbooti
Russian: Аммания ягодная
Sanskrit: Agnigarbha, Brahmasoma, Kshetrabhusha, Kshetravashini, Mahasyama, Pasanabheda
Sinhala: කල්-ල්-උරුවි Kal-l-uruvi
Tamil: கல்-லுருவி Kal-l-uruvi
Telugu: Agnivendapaku
Thai: มะไฟนกคุ่ม

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