- Family : ACANTHACEAE
(ACANTHUS FAMILY)
- Family (as per The Plant List) : Acanthaceae
- Species : Andrographis paniculata
- Basionym : Justicia paniculata Burm.f.
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Andrographis paniculata (Burm.f.) Nees
- Common name : Creat
- Vernacular name : Kalpanath, Kiryat, Charayata (Hin.); Nelaberu, Kirath kaddi (Kan.); Nilavaembu, Siriyanangai (Tam.); Nelavemu (Tel.); Bhui nimbo, Chirata (Ori.); Yavatikta (San.)
- Collection Nos : HJCB-E-143; HJCB-0572
- Collector(s) Name : K.Sankara Rao, K.R.K.Swamy & Arun Singh R.; K.R.K.Swamy, Arun Singh R. & Navendu Page
- Collection Date : 27/11/14; 28/02/2016
- Collection Locality : Sadasivakona R.F., Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh State; Berbera to Balugaon, Khurda district, Odisha State
- Habitat : Mixed forest
- Key identification features : An erect, much branched herb. Corolla up to 1.5 cm long, pink, darker on the lower lip.
- Habit : Herb
- Flower, Fruit : September-April
- Native : India
- Comments : Common in forests. Often planted by households as a putative snake-repellent.
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Distribution Locality : Throughout Eastern Ghats
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
- Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Andrographis paniculata. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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