• Family : ACANTHACEAE
  (Acanthus Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : ACANTHACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Cryptophragmium latifolium Dalz.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Gymnostachyum latifolium T.Anderson
• Habit : Undershrub
• Comments / notes : Occasional in forests of Western Ghats
• Key identification features : An undershrub, glabrous. Corolla greenish-yellow.
• Flower, Fruit : November-March
• Collection Date : 21-11-2018
• Collection Nos : CJS 12134, CJS 12609; HJCB-1713
• Collection Locality : Idukki District, Kerala
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Shivamogga district, Uttara Kannada district, Udupi district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
• Native : India
• Endemism : India
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara; Nayar, T. S., et al, 2006. Flowering plants of Kerala, A hand book; Herbarium specimen from Idukki district, Kerala.
• 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=Gymnostachyum latifolium. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

Botanical Description

Herbarium Specimen(s)

Field Image(s)