• 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) : Lepidagathis incurva Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Semi-Evergreen forests, wastelands and deciduous forests
• Flower, Fruit : December-March
• Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh, Raja K. Swamy & Navendu Page
• Collection Date : 27/02/2016
• Collection Nos : HJCB-0527
• Collection Locality : Barbera forest, Khurda district (OD)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, East Godavari district
  • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Belagavi district, Dakshina Kannada district, Uttara Kannada district
  • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Sambalpur district, Kalhandi district, Bargarh district
• World Distribution : India, China, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines
• 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; 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=Lepidagathis incurva. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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