• Family : ACANTHACEAE
  (Acanthus Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : ACANTHACEAE
• Basionym : Justicia elongata Vahl
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Andrographis elongata (Vahl) T.Anderson
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Moist deciduous and dry deciduous forests
• Flower, Fruit : October-May
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy, Arun Singh, Navendu Page & K. Sankara Rao
• Collection Date : 25/03/2016
• Collection Nos : HJCB-0675
• Collection Locality : Foothills of Kollimalai, Namakkal district (TN)
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Bengaluru district
  • Kerala : Thrissur district
  • Odisha : Puri district, Mayurbhanj district, Cuttack district, Ganjam district, Puri district, Khurda district
• Native : India
• Endemism : 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; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore
• 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=Andrographis elongata. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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