• 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) : Unresolved name
• Habit : Shrub
• Comments / notes : Flowers once in 7 years
• Key identification features : A large shrub; branches hirsute when young. Leaves ovate with petioles about 6 cm. Spikes capitate; bracts ovate-lanceolate, bracteoles linear. Calyx lobes linear, Corolla white with a short tube, cylindric. Stamens 4.
• Collection Nos : HFP 651, HFP 1058
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Udupi district
  • Tamil Nadu : Namakkal district
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Coorg; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara; Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; Gamble, J.S., Flora of Madras Presidency. 2: 1038. 1924.; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
• 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=Nilgirianthus neilgherrensis. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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