• Family : ACANTHACEAE
  (Acanthus Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : ACANTHACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Nilgirianthus neilgherrensis (Bedd.) Bremek.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved name
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : Evergreen forests
• Comments / notes : On higher hills to 1200m in shola floors. Gregarious near streams in evergreen forests
• Flower, Fruit : May-January
• Distribution :
  • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Tamil Nadu : Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Palani Hills (Dindigul district)
• Native : India
• Endemism : Southern Peninsular India
• World Distribution : India
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : 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.
• 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=Strobilanthes neilgherrensis. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

Botanical Description