• Family : ACANTHACEAE
  (Acanthus Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : ACANTHACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Strobilanthes kunthiana (Nees) T. And.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved name
• Vernacular name : Kurinji (Tamil); Neelkurunji (Malayalam)
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : Grasslands
• Comments / notes : On hills above 1500m, gregarious on plateau especially on higher hills.
• Flower, Fruit : September-January (Once in 12 years)
• Collector(s) Name : R. Raghavendra Rao; Raja K. Swamy & Noel Sebastian
• Collection Date : 27/12/1971; 23-11-2018
• Collection Nos : R.R.Rao 1635, CS 17058; HJCB-1746
• Collection Locality : Honnametti, B.R. Hills, Chamarajanagar district (KA); Anakkara, Idukki district, Kerala
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Chamarajanagar district
  • Kerala : Palakkad district, Idukki district
  • Tamil Nadu : Namakkal district, Dindigul district, Salem district, Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary, Theni district
• Native : India
• Endemism : Deccan Peninsular India
• World Distribution : India
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District; Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Karuppusamy, S. and V. Ravichandran (2016). Diversity Assessment of woody plants of Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary, Theni District, Tamil Nadu. Bio Bulletin. 2 (1): 58-73; Herbarium specimen from Anakkara, Idukki district, Kerala
• 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=Phlebophyllum kunthianum. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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