<p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Lythraceae&amp;w=91314344@N00">Lythraceae</a> (Lythrum, or loosestrife family) » <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Ammanniabaccifera&amp;w=91314344@N00&amp;m=tags">Ammannia baccifera</a></i>
</p><p><b>am-MAH-nee-uh</b> -- named for Paul Ammann, German botanist
<b>bak-IF-er-uh</b> -- meaning, bearing berries
</p><p><b>commonly known as</b>: ammannia, acrid weed, blistering ammania, monarch redstem, tooth cup • <b>Bengali</b>: বনমরিচ banmarich • <b>Hindi</b>: अगिन बूटी aginbuti, बन मिरिच ban mirich, दादमारी dadmari, जंगली मेंहदी jungli mehendi • <b>Kannada</b>: ಕಾಡುಗಿಡ kaadugida • <b>Konkani</b>: दादमार्या dadmaria • <b>Malayalam</b>: kallur vanchi, nirumelneruppu • <b>Marathi</b>: अगीनबुटी aginbuti, भरजांभूळ bharajambhula, दादमारी dadmari • <b>Nepalese</b>: अम्बार ambar • <b>Punjabi</b>: dadarbooti • <b>Sanskrit</b>: अग्निगार्भ agnigarbha, ब्राह्मसोम brahmasoma, क्षेत्रभूषा kshetrabhusha, क्षेत्रवशिनी kshetravashini, महाश्याम mahasyama, पाषाणभेद pasanabheda • <b>Tamil</b>: கல்லுருவி kal-l-uruvi • <b>Telugu</b>: అగ్నివేండపాకు agnivendapaku
</p><p><b>Native to</b>: India
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<b>References</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Blistering%20Ammannia.html">Flowers of India</a> • <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&amp;taxon_id=200014625">eFlora</a> • <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://iscmumbai.maharashtra.gov.in/floristic%20survey.html">Floristic Survey of Institute of Science</a>
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/91314344@N00">Dinesh Valke</a> from Thane, India
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