• Family : ACANTHACEAE
  (Acanthus Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : ACANTHACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Justicia betonica var. nilgherrensis (Nees) T.Anderson
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Justicia nilgherrensis (Nees) Wall. ex C.B.Clarke
• Habit : Undershrub
• Habitat : Open places near forests and grasslands
• Flower, Fruit : February-March
• Collection Locality : Similipal, Mayurbhanj District
• Distribution :
  • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
  • Tamil Nadu : Vellore district, The Nilgiri 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; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; 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=Justicia nilgherrensis. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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