Dicliptera foetida (Forssk.) Blatt.

 
  • Family : ACANTHACEAE
    (ACANTHUS FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Acanthaceae
  • Species : Dicliptera foetida
  • Synonym : Dicliptera zeylanica Nees
  • Basionym : Justicia foetida Forssk.
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Dicliptera foetida (Forssk.) Blatt.
  • Key identification features : A much-branched herb, prostrate. Corolla deep rose or pink.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Flower, Fruit : November-April
  • Native : India
  • Comments : Rare, found in semi-evergreen forests of northern Eastern Ghats.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Galikonda Hills, Simhachalam Hills (Visakhapatnam district) (Andhra Pradesh State)
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
  • 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=Dicliptera foetida. Downloaded on 31 January 2025.

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