Chrozophora

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Species as per Flora of India Vol 23 (Editors N. P. Balakrishnan, T. Chakrabarty, M. Sanjappa, P. Lakshminarsimhan & P. Singh- by Botanical Survey of India (2012)):
Chrozophora hierosolymitana Spreng.

Chrozophora oblongifolia (Delile) A.Juss. ex Spreng.
Chrozophora prostrata Dalzell (syn. of Chrozophora plicata (Vahl) A.Juss. ex Spreng. as per WCSP)
  var. parvifolia (Klotzsch ex Schweinf.) N.P.Balakr.
var. prostrata
Chrozophora rottleri (Geiseler) A.Juss. ex Spreng.
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1a. Ovary and fruits lepidote, never stellate-pubescent 2
b. Ovary and fruits stellate-pubescent, never lepidote 3
2a. Leaves not much longer than broad; ripe carpels reddish purple  ….1. C. hierosolymitana
b. Leaves twice as long as broad; ripe carpels bluish purple ….. 2. C. oblongifolia
3a. Leaves both radical and cauline, eglandular at base; stigmas orange; fruits grey or black, non-tinctorial when wetted 3. C. prostrata (syn. of Chrozophora plicata (Vahl) A.Juss. ex Spreng. as per WCSP)
b. Leaves cauline only, 2-glandular at base; stigmas red; fruits purple, tinctorial when wetted ….. 4. C. rottleri