കീരിപ്പച്ച

• Scientific name  = Ophiorrhiza mungos
• English name = Mongoose Plant, Indian Snake-Root
• Malayalam = കീരിപ്പച്ച, അവിൽപ്പൊരി
• Habit = Herb
• Habitat = Primary and secondary forest, in moist localities; at elevations up to 400 metres.
• Native = Indo – Malayan biosphere
• Family = Rubiaceae

Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam

• Rootsystem = Taproot
• Root formation = Adventitious root
• Stem = Present
• Stem type = Short, fleshy
• Hair = Absent
• Leaves = Present
• Stipule = Absent
• Leaf base = Acute
• Leaf apex = Acute
• Leaf margin = entire
• Flower = Present
• Bract = Absent
• Inflorescence = Cincinnus
• Calix = Present
• Corola = White
• Petels = 6