• 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
• Vernacular name : Chonayamkallukurinji (Malayalam)
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : On hills above 1400 m, especially in ravines and also as an undergrowth in moist forests
• Comments / notes : This species flowers every year
• Flower, Fruit : October-November
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district
  • Kerala : Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Idukki district
  • Odisha : Ganjam district, Kalhandi district
  • Tamil Nadu : Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills (Salem district), Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary (Theni 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; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Matthew, K.M., 1983. The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2); 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.
• 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 pulneyensis. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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