Exacum pumilum

Exacum pumilum Griseb., Prodr. 9: 46 1845.;
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EKS-uh-kum — Latinized form of exacon, the Gallic name for centaurium
POO-mil-um — small, dwarf … Dave’s Botanary
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commonly known as: little Persian violet • Marathi: जांभळी चिरायत jambhli chirayat
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Endemic to: Western Ghats (of India)
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As per efi thread :

Calyx winged : E. pumilum

Calyx not winged : E. lawii
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Exacum pumilum:
Flowers of Exacum pumilum
Marathi name: Jambhali chirayat
Today at Sagargad, Alibag

Having never seen this I was fo a moment confused about Anagallis arvensis till I saw four petals and stamens.

yes Exacum pumilum, beautiful small herb.

When for the first time i saw picture of this flower, i too was in love with it.
And when i saw it actually, i was Oh My God!! Such lovely flower, but its so small…
The flower doesnt exceed the size more then 1 cm and it is one of the flower found in the beautiful Kaas plateau as well.

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Names of Plants in India :: Exacum pumilum:
Exacum pumilum Griseb.
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EKS-uh-kum — Latinized form of *exacon*, the Gallic name for centaurium
POO-mil-um — small, dwarf

commonly known as: little Persian violet <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/…>•
Marathi: जांभळी चिरायत jambhli chirayat <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/…>

Botanical names: Exacum pumilum Griseb. … synonyms: no synonym known
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Photographed near Lion’s Point (~2474 ft), Lonavala, Maharashtra … 2 OCT 2009

EKS-uh-kum — Latinized form of exacon, the Gallic name for centaurium … Dave’s Botanary
POO-mil-um — small, dwarf … Dave’s Botanary

commonly known as: little Persian violet • Gujarati: નાનું કરિયાતું nanu kariyatu • Hindi: छोटा चिरायता chota chirayata • Kannada: ಸಣ್ಣ ಚಿರಾಯತ sanna chirayata • Konkani: लहान किरायतें lahan kiraytem • Marathi: जांभळी चिरायत jambhli chirayat

botanical names: Exacum pumilum Griseb. … synonyms: none … POWO

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

little Persian violet

Flowers of India

~~~~~ GUJARAT ~~~~~

નાનું કરિયાતું nanu kariyatu

name given for want of name; નાનું nanu = small, little; કરિયાતું kariyatu = generic name given to gentians, and also to some medicinal plants whose extracts are typically bitter
on lines of ઝીણકું કરિયાતું jhinku kariyatu, a name given to Centaurium centaurioides (Roxb.) S.R.Rao & Hemadri … ઝીણકું jhinku = small
Distributed in Gujarat … Rana, Karan & Nagar, Padamnabhi. (2017). DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF ENDEMIC ANGIOSPERMS IN GUJARAT. International Journal of Advanced Research. 5. 730-758. 10.21474/IJAR01/4472.

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

छोटा चिरायता chota chirayata

name given for want of name; छोटा chota = small, little; चिरायता chirayata = generic name given to gentians, and also to some medicinal plants whose extracts are typically bitter
Distributed in Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh … Botanical Survey of India

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

ಸಣ್ಣ ಚಿರಾಯತ sanna chirayata

name given for want of name; ಸಣ್ಣ sanna = small, little; ಚಿರಾಯತ chirayata = generic name given to gentians, and also to some medicinal plants whose extracts are typically bitter
on lines of ದೊಡ್ಡ ಚಿರಾಯತ dodda chirayata, a name given to Exacum pedunculatum L. … ದೊಡ್ಡ dodda = big, large
Distributed in Karnataka … Botanical Survey of India

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

लहान किरायतें lahan kiraytem

name given for want of name; लहान lahan = small, little; किरायतें kiraytem = generic name given to gentians, and also to some medicinal plants whose extracts are typically bitter
on lines of उदी किरायतें udi kiraytem, a name given to Exacum tetragonum var. tetragonum … उदी udi = brown
Distributed in Goa … Botanical Survey of India

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

no given name / no name found

Botanical Survey of India

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

जांभळी चिरायत jambhli chirayat

Flowers of Sahyadri, a field guide to identify flowers of northern Western Ghats of India by Shrikant Ingalhalikar
जांभळी jambhli = violet colour; चिरायत chirayat = generic name given to gentians, and also to some medicinal plants whose extracts are typically bitter

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

no given name / no name found

Distributed in Odisha … Botanical Survey of India

~~~~~ Tamil ~~~~~

no given name / no name found

Distributed in Tamil Nadu … Botanical Survey of India

~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in states of India ~~~~~

Dadra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh

Botanical Survey of India … Gujarat and Maharashtra are not listed

Gujarat

Rana, Karan & Nagar, Padamnabhi. (2017). DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF ENDEMIC ANGIOSPERMS IN GUJARAT. International Journal of Advanced Research. 5. 730-758. 10.21474/IJAR01/4472.

Maharashtra

The Gazetteer Department … महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा

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Names compiled / updated at
https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2022/11/exacum-pumilum-griseb.html

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02111103PD Exacum pumilum Flora of Orissa:
sharing the images of Exacum pumilum taken from Deomali hills, Orissa

Name of the species: Exacum pumilum

Place of Collection: Deomali hills, Koraput, South orissa

Altitude: 4000 ft above msl

Habit Herb
Habitat: grasslands on top plateaus with Iron deposits

Do you have a side view of the flower showing the calyx which is winged in this species?

… sorry to say that i hade only two photographs of this plant. The one is here and the other with leaves. I will share the other one soon.

… i am using Adobe photoshop 7.0 to edit the images. U have to follow the underline steps

Open the image in adobe photosop

Then select the portion of image u want to left for border with Rectangular Marquee tool on left top side (first icon) of the box

Press Control shift I to select the border

Then press B from the key board to select the brush tool

Click on History Brush Tool to create back ground and run the mouse over the border.

U can chhose the type of background from the icon Set Foreground Colour from the box as per the background of ur image.
Hope it wl work for u.

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Campanulaceae & Gentianaceae Week: Gentianaceae :: Exacum pumilum at Koraigad:
Exacum pumilum Griseb.

EKS-uh-kum — Latinized form of exacon, the Gallic name for centaurium
POO-mil-um — small, dwarf … Dave’s Botanary

Oct 8, 2011 … at Koraigad near Lonavala, Maharashtra
commonly known as: little Persian violet • Marathi: जांभळी चिरायत jambhli chirayat
Endemic to: Western Ghats (of India)

References: Flowers of India • Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar
more views: Oct 8, 2011 … at Koraigad near Lonavala, Maharashtra
… more views on flickr.

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Exacum pumilum—–for sharing and validation : 1 image. 2 posts by 2 authors.
Pic taken at Ambyvalley rd. lonavala/Mulshi Pune in Oct12.

yes it is

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Gentianaceae week : Exacum pumilum : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2).
Exacum pumilum collected from Mampara hills of Nelliyampathy forest during September 2013.

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Campanulaceae & Gentianaceae Fortnight: Gentianaceae :: Exacum sp.?? at Sudhagad::PKA37 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (6).
Exacum. sp from Sudhagad Fort (Maharashtra).

Exacum pumilum Griseb.

Exacum pumilum Griseb.

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Exacum pumilum—-for sharing. : 12 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (1)
Photo taken at Aambyvalley Rd., Lonavala, Pune in Sept.15.

nice color and is it a weed?

No Ma’am its not a weed.
It is a species endemic to the Western Ghats belt. The flowering period is September – October.
I had seen it at Kas Plateau, Satara (Maharashtra) October last year.

I have observed this in the wild in the dry areas towards Andhra Pradesh-Karnataka border as well. Shouldn’t be endemic in that case.

Thanks for information, … I guess I misread the information here http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/229755.

The plant’s distribution in Karnataka is given here. You can see it in the districts that don’t fall under the western ghats such as Bellary! In fact Sandur hills in Bellary form the western limit of the Eastern Ghats.

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Exacum pumilum Griseb @ Tamhini ghat : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)

I have identified this as E pumilum on the basis of it’s winged calyx and few flowered raceme.

Is there any other parameter on which it can be differentiated from Exacum pedunculatum?

I also agree with Exacum pumilum Griseb. as per comparative images at Exacum‎
Overall difference is quite apparent.

Exacum pumilum – Little Persian Violet : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)

Exacum pumilum Griseb

Common Name – little Persian violet • Marathi: जांभळी चिरायत jambhli chirayat

Date – 17-Oct-2020

Place – Tamhini, Dist. Pune, Maharashtra

Alt – 620 m.

Habitat – Grasslands

Plant Habit – Herb

Leaves – 1-2 cm Dark Green, ovate, oppositely arranged.

Flowers – 1cm star shaped Violet coloured with deep yellow stamens.

These tiny bright bunch of flowers on the grass always catch your eyes.

Got to know them here –

https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a—l/g/gentianaceae/exacum/exacum-pumilum

and

http://www.flowersofindia.net/

For me your ID is correct. Nevertheless please check this link for confirmation:
https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a—l/g/gentianaceae/exacum/exacum-pumilum

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at Sagargad Alibag on 17 Aug.2008; Kass Plateau, Approx. 20 kms north of Satara, Maharashtra: 29th to 31st Aug’08; Kaas plateau- Sept’10?; en route to Poladpur near Pratapgad rd.- Sept’10?;

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