• Family : ACANTHACEAE
  (Acanthus Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : ACANTHACEAE
• Basionym : Justicia nasuta L.
• Synonym(s) : Rhinacanthus communis Nees; Rhinacanthus nasutus Kuntze var. montana (Clarke) Kumari; Rhinacanthus communis var. montanus C.B. Clarke
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Rhinacanthus nasutus (L.) Kurz
• Common name : Snake Jasmine, Dainty Spurs
• Vernacular name : Palkajuhi, Juyeepani (Hindi); Negamulli (Kannada); Nagamalli, Sirukurungu (Tamil); Yuthiparni (Sanskrit); Nagamulla, Orukaalmudanthi, Pushpakedal, Purukolli, Puzhukkolli, Vellakkurunji (Malayalam); Nagamalli, Vontikommu rinachettu, Pamu malli (Telugu); Kaurasago (Oria)
• Habit : Undershrub
• Habitat : Shaded palces in dry deciduous forests
• Comments / notes : On hills above 500m, on crevices of rocks on slopes, wet areas in moist deciduous forests, also in the plains. Occassional in clumps. Sometimes brought into cultivation.
• Flower, Fruit : December-April
• Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh, Raja K. Swamy & Navendu Page
• Collection Date : 23/03/2016
• Collection Nos : HJCB-0627
• Collection Locality : Yercaud-Salem Ghat road, Salem district (TN)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Vishakapatnam district, East Godavari district, Chittoor district, Kadapa district
  • Karnataka : Ballari district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Odisha : Ganjam district, Mayurbhanj district, Puri district, Nayagarh district, Sambalpur district
  • Tamil Nadu : Shevaroy Hills (Salem district)
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Java, Madagascar
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; 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=Rhinacanthus nasutus. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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