• Family : ACANTHACEAE
  (Acanthus Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : ACANTHACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Crossandra infundibuliformis var. salmonea Bremek.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Crossandra infundibuliformis (L.) Nees
• Common name : Tropic Flame Crossandra
• Vernacular name : Kanagambara (Kannada); Kanagambaram (Tamil); Kanakambram, Manjakkurinji (Malayalam); Kanakambamu (Telugu)
• Habit : Undershrub
• Habitat : Cultivated
• Comments / notes : Foothills to 1300m in deciduous forests, in thickets and on slopes. Often brought into cultivation
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Distribution :
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Tamil Nadu : Alagar Hills (Madurai district), Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills (Salem district), Kalrayan Hills (Salem district), Pachamalai Hills (Tiruchirapalli district), Bodamalai Hills (Salem district), Chitteri Hills (Vellore district), Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Yelagiri Hills (Vellore district), Dharmapuri Hills (Dharmapuri district), Piranmalai Hills (Sivaganga district), Theerthamalai Hills (Dharmapuri district), Gingee Hill (Villipuram district), Javadu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district)
• Native : India, Sri Lanka
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : 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=Crossandra infundibuliformis. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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