- Family : ACANTHACEAE
(ACANTHUS FAMILY)
- Family (as per The Plant List) : Acanthaceae
- Species : Blepharis maderaspatensis
- Basionym : Acanthus maderaspatensis L.
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Blepharis maderaspatensis (L.) B.Heyne ex Roth
- Common name : Creeping Blepharis
- Vernacular name : Kolimukkan chedi, Kooravaalchedi (Tam.)
- Collection Nos : HJCB-E-83; HJCB-132
- Collector(s) Name : K.Sankara Rao, K.R.K.Swamy & Arun Singh R.; K.Sankara Rao, K.R.K.Swamy, Siddharth, S. & Arun Singh R.
- Collection Date : 19/11/14; 26/10/2014
- Collection Locality : Palamner forest range, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh State; Talakona Forest, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh State
- Habitat : Deciduous forest
- Key identification features : A prostrate straggling native herb that roots at nodes. Leaves are simple, 4-whorled in opposite pairs, roughly elliptic with margins showing fine saw-like teeth. Flowers (1.2-3 cm.) in axillary clusters of 2 or 3. Corolla is two-lipped, light-coloured with purple markings.
- Habit : Herb
- Flower, Fruit : August-March
- Comments : Often on plains to 1400 m, on slopes among rocks, in thin layer of soil.
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Distribution Locality : Throughout Eastern Ghats
- World Distribution : Tropical Africa to India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar
- 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; 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=Blepharis maderaspatensis. Downloaded on 1 February 2025.
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