• Family : ACANTHACEAE
  (ACANTHUS FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Acanthaceae
• Species : Justicia diffusa
• Synonym : Rostellaria diffusa (Willd.) Nees
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Justicia diffusa Willd.
• Collection Nos : FAP 41971
• Collector(s) Name : B.Sadasivaiah & K.R.K.Swamy
• Collection Date : 09/12/2010
• Collection Locality : Palamner forest range, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh State; Gollalaguduru, Kadapa district, Andhra Pradesh State
• Habitat : Scrub forest
• Key identification features : Slender herbs, old plants are quite woody. Flowers are in spikes. Capsules glabrous, small and pointed.
• Habit : Herb
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the Year
• Comments : On hills above 800 m, on bare slopes, near water courses and in grasslands.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Bellary district, Kolar district (Karnataka State); Tamil Nadu State; Chittoor district, Anantapur district, Guntur district, Visakhapatnam district, Srikakulam district (Andhra Pradesh State); Gajapati district, Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district) (Odisha State)
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Himalaya, Thailand
• Literature : R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; 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=Justicia diffusa. Downloaded on 11 March 2025.

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