Dyschoriste nagchana (Nees) Benn.

 
  • 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) : Dyschoriste nagchana (Nees) Benn.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Scrub jungles
  • Key identification features : Flowers blue in axillary clusters. Corolla funnel-shaped.
  • Flower, Fruit : December-March
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Kodagu (Coorg) district
    • Kerala : Kollam district
  • Native : India, Sri Lanka
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg district; 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=Dyschoriste nagchana. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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