• Family : ACANTHACEAE
  (Acanthus Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : ACANTHACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Nilgirianthus perrottetianus (Nees) Bremek.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved name
• Vernacular name : Chonakurunji (Malayalam)
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : Evergreen and Shola forests
• Comments / notes : Rare
• Flower, Fruit : June-February
• Collector(s) Name : V.T Antony
• Collection Locality : Kottayam, Kottayam District; Kurisumala, Kottayam District
• Distribution :
  • Kerala : Kozhikode district, Kottayam district
  • Tamil Nadu : Shevaroy Hills (Salem district), The Nilgiri district
• Native : India
• Endemism : Southern Peninsular India
• World Distribution : India
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; 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=Strobilanthes perrottetianus. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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