• Family : ACANTHACEAE
  (Acanthus Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : ACANTHACEAE
• Basionym : Rostellulari hedyotidifolia Nees
• Synonym(s) : Rostellularia diffusa var. hedyotidifolia (Nees) Kumari
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Justicia diffusa Willd.
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Scrub forests and grasslands
• Comments / notes : Occasional in moist places at high hills in grasslands
• Flower, Fruit : June-December
• Collector(s) Name : K.Sankara Rao, Raja K.Swamy & Arun Singh R
• Collection Date : 19/11/2014
• Collection Nos : HJCB-0174
• Collection Locality : Palamaneru forest, Chittoor district (AP)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kadapa district, Chittoor district, Vishakapatnam district
  • Kerala : Palakkad district, Thiruvananthapuram district, Kollam district, Alappuzha district, Pathanamthitta district, Kottayam district
  • Odisha : Ganjam district, Koraput district
  • Tamil Nadu : Salem district
• World Distribution : India
• Literature : Franklin Benjamin & G.V.S.Murthy, 2013. Flora of Sri Venkateswara National Park, Andhra Pradesh, BSI; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4.
• 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=Justicia diffusa var. hedyotidifolia. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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