BIOINFOLET - A Quarterly Journal of Life Sciences
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  • Year: 2025
  • Volume: 22
  • Issue: 4

Two New Additions to the Flora of Amravati District, Maharashtra

  • Author:
  • R. Darshan Talhande, Ajinkya K. Borkar1, P. Suvarna Patil2, Sachin K. Tippat3
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Published Online: Jan 22, 2026
  • Page Number: 450 to 454

1Department of Botany, Birjlal Biyani Science College, SEER Bharat Foundation, Amravati, 444605, India

2Department of Botany, Taywade College, SEER Bharat Foundation, Koradi Dist. Nagpur441111, India

3Department of Environmental Science, Shrimati Narsamma Arts, Commerce & Science College, SEER Bharat Foundation, Amravati, 444606, India

Department of Botany, Sharadchandra Arts, Commerce & Science College, SEER Bharat Foundation, Naigaon Dist. Nanded, Maharashtra, 431709, India

Online published on 22 January, 2026.

Abstract

Present paper deals with the two new plant species added to the Angiospermic flora of Amravati district, Maharashtra state, India along with detail description, phenology and ecology. These two species are: Heliotropium indicum L. belonging to family Boraginaceae and Physalis pruinosa L. belonging to family Solanaceae. Heliotropium indicum is an annual herbaceous medicinal weed, while Physalis pruinosa is a plant species having spreading habit with the fruits developing in papery husk. Both of the species are new to the flora of Amravati district.

Keywords

Heliotropium Indicum, Physalis Pruinosa, Amravati, Flora, Maharashtra, Herb