- Family : VERBENACEAE
(VERBENA OR VERVAIN FAMILY)
- Family (as per The Plant List) : Lamiaceae
- Species : Callicarpa longifolia
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Callicarpa longifolia Lam.
- Collection Nos : RRLB 4104
- Collector(s) Name : H.O Saxena & M. Brahmam
- Collection Date : 13/11/80
- Collection Locality : Bhanjabasa to Barakamada, Similipal, MYB, Odisha
- Key identification features : Large shrub. Leaves are oblong-elliptic, serrate, apex acuminate, sparsely hairy above especially on the nerves. Inflorescence is axillary, cymose, dichotomous, . Flowers are rose or purple, calyx small, truncate, glabrate. Fruits white, globose, 1.5-2 mm diameter.
- Habit : Shrub
- Flower, Fruit : November-February
- Comments : Rare, in shady forests.
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Distribution Locality : Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district) (Odisha State)
- World Distribution : India, Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia
- Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3 ; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa
- 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=Callicarpa longifolia. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.
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