Indu Balachandran

Botanist.

Indira "Indu" Balachandran (born 1958) is a botanist and the director of Centre for Medicinal Plant Research (CMPR) in Malappuram, Kerala. Her research interest is in the area of plant taxonomy with a focus on the identification, standardization and ex-situ conservation of medicinal plants used in Ayurveda and other alternative medicine systems.

Abbreviations: Balach.
Occupations: botanist
Citizenships: India
Dates: 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z
Direct attributions: 4 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 5 plants, 0 fungi

4 plants attributed, 1 plant contributed to5 plants:

Thottea duchartrei Sivar., A.Babu & Balach. 1986
plant species in the aristolochiaceae family
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Cleistanthus sankunnianus Sivar. & Balach. 1985
plant species in the phyllanthaceae family
Cleistanthus sankunnianus is a plant species described by V.V. Sivarajan & Indu Balachandran 1984; it is included in the family Phyllanthaceae. No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life. This species found in the herbal garden at Kottakkal Aryavaidyasala (Kerala, India). The glabrous ovary brings the species under Sects. Australis (Jablonszky) and Nanopetalum (Hassk.). The persistent calyx, sessile male flowers and non-striated capsules are similar to C. stipitatus, but differs from C. stipitatus with its glabrous ovary. The species differs from C. travencorensis in several details.
Gymnostachyum warrierianum (Gymnostachyum Warrieranum) K.M.P.Kumar, Balach. & V.B.Sreek. 2015
plant species in the acanthaceae family
Gymnostachyum warrieranum is a small plant endemic to Western Ghats in India. The plant would grow up to 70 cm and flower between November and March. Gymnostachyum warrieranum has purplish flowers and found in altitudes of 1,500 feet (457 m) above sea level. The species was named after the Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala managing trustee and chief physician P. K. Warrier.
Peucedanum pradeepianum K.M.P.Kumar, Hareesh & Balach. 2020
plant species in the apiaceae family
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Cleistanthus travancorensis var. sankunnianus (Sivar. & Balach.) Udayan & Chakrab. 2012
plant variety in the phyllanthaceae family
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