• Family : ACANTHACEAE
  (Acanthus Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : ACANTHACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Rostellaria quinqueangularis K.D.Koenig ex Roxb.; Rostellaria quinqueangularis var. peploides (Nees) C.B. Clarke; Justicia quinqueangularis var. peploides (Nees) Raiz.; Rostellularia quinqueangularis.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Justicia quinqueangularis K.D.Koenig ex Roxb.
• Habit : Herb
• Comments / notes : Common in open areas and Dry deciduous forests
• Flower, Fruit : July-November
• Collection Locality : Chitapari, Malkamgiri District; Nawna, Mayurbhanj District
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district
  • Karnataka : Vijayapura (Bijapur) district, Dharwad district, Kolar district, Uttara Kannada district
  • Kerala : Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Malkangiri district
• Native : Indian subcontinent
• World Distribution : Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Province of China
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• 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; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India; 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=Justicia quinqueangularis. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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