• 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 : Nari goodi (Kannada); Karappaan poondu (Tamil); Bhuigend (Marathi); Mullabanti, Nakkapintuka, Karapania, Karapanipadu (Telugu)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Scrub jungles, foothills of deciduous forests
• Comments / notes : On plains to 800m, in wastelands, on gravelly or in poor soil
• Flower, Fruit : November-February
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy
• Collection Date : 02/01/2016
• Collection Nos : HJCB-E-288
• Collection Locality : Mabbuchintalapalle, Kadapa district (AP)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Kadapa district, Guntur district, Anantapur district
  • Telangana : Mehboobnagar district
  • Karnataka : Ballari district
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Odisha : Ganjam district
  • Tamil Nadu : Salem 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; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.; Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India
• 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=Lepidagathis cristata. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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