• 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) : Andrographis lineata Nees
• Vernacular name : Perianangai (Tamil)
• Habit : Undershrub
• Habitat : Semi-Evergreen forests and grasslands
• Comments / notes : On hills above 1000m, grasslands
• Flower, Fruit : July-October
• Collector(s) Name : C.J. Saldanha & S.R. Ramesh
• Collection Date : 06/09/1978
• Collection Nos : KFP 2597
• Collection Locality : B.R. Hills
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kadapa district, Vishakapatnam district
  • Karnataka : Hassan district, Mysuru district, Tumakuru district
  • Kerala : Pathanamthitta district
  • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Dharmapuri district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Karur district, Krishnagiri district, Madurai district, Namakkal district, Pudukkottai district, Sivaganga district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district, Vellore district
• Native : India
• Endemism : Peninsular India
• World Distribution : India
• 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; Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District; Rao & Razi, 1981 – Flora of Mysore; Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District; Sharma B.D, 1984 - Flora of Karnataka Analysis
• 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=Andrographis lineata. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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