• Family : ACANTHACEAE
  (Acanthus Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : ACANTHACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Eranthemum roseum (Vahl) R.Br.
• Vernacular name : Dashamuli (Marathi)
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : Deciduous forests and scrub jungles
• Comments / notes : Frequent in forests as an undergrowth
• Key identification features : An undershrub. Corolla rose or blue
• Flower, Fruit : November-January
• Collection Nos : KFP 3438
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Belagavi district, Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Dharwad district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Shivamogga district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district
  • Kerala : Kasaragod district
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
• World Distribution : Peninsular India
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India
• 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=Eranthemum roseum. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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