• Family : ACANTHACEAE
  (Acanthus Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : ACANTHACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Ecbolium viride var. rotundifolia (Nees) Raizada
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Not found in The Plant List
• Common name : Blue fox tail
• Vernacular name : Koranda, Neelakarinkurunji, Odiyamadantha (Malayalam); Nakka toka, Pachha vadambaramu (Telugu); Neelambaram, Pachhambaram, Adukkukurungu (Tamil)
• Habit : Undershrub
• Habitat : Dry deciduous and scrub forests
• Comments / notes : Often on plains, scrub jungles to 1000m.
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district
  • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kozhikode district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district
  • Tamil Nadu : Kolli Hills (Namakkal district)
• World Distribution : India, Africa, Sri Lanka, Malaya, Nepal
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• 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=Ecbolium viride var. viride. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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