• 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) : Justicia betonica L.
• Common name : Three-nerved Squirrel Tail
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Moist deciduous forests
• Flower, Fruit : September-December
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Kadapa district
  • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Kottayam district
  • Odisha : Puri district
• Native : Africa
• World Distribution : Ethiopia, 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; 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 trinervia. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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