• Family : ACANTHACEAE
  (Acanthus Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : ACANTHACEAE
• Basionym : Calophanes dalzellii T.Anderson ex Bedd.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Dyschoriste vagans (Wight) Kuntze
• Vernacular name : Adavineelambaramu (Telugu)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Dry-and moist deciduous forests
• Comments / notes : Occasional
• Flower, Fruit : June-February
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : East Godavari district, Chittoor district, Kurnool district
  • Telangana : Mehboobnagar district
  • Karnataka : Ballari district, Bengaluru district, Belagavi district, Chikkamagaluru district, Chitradurga district, Dharwad district, Hassan district, Kolar district, Mysuru district, Tumakuru district, Uttara Kannada district
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Odisha : Bolangir district, Sambalpur district
• Native : India
• Endemism : Deccan Peninsular India
• World Distribution : India
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• 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. 2; Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India; Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan district; Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District; Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Dyschoriste vagans. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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