- Family : ACANTHACEAE
(Acanthus Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Acanthaceae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Asystasia crispata Benth.
- Habit : Undershrub
- Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, Tropical semi-evergreen forests; on hills above 800m,
- Flower, Fruit : October-March
- Collector(s) Name : R. Raghavendra Rao; C.J. Saldanha, S.R. Ramesh
- Collection Date : 01-02-1971, 05-09-1978
- Collection Nos : R.R. Rao 1249; KFP 2480
- Collection Locality : B. R. Hills, Chamarajanagar district (KA)
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Shivamogga district, Chamarajanagar district
- Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Thiruvananthapuram district, Kollam district, Alappuzha district, Pathanamthitta district, Kottayam district, Idukki district
- Tamil Nadu : Alagar Hills (Madurai district), Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills (Salem district), Kalrayan Hills (Salem district), Pachamalai Hills (Tiruchirapalli district), Bodamalai Hills (Salem district), Chitteri Hills (Vellore district), Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Yelagiri Hills (Vellore district), Dharmapuri Hills (Dharmapuri district), Piranmalai Hills (Sivaganga district), Theerthamalai Hills (Dharmapuri district), Gingee Hill (Villipuram district), Javadu Hills (Tiruvannamalai 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
- 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
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg District
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Asystasia crispata. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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![](./hsheet/pdf/Asystasia crispata/Asystasia crispata.jpg) |
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Field Image(s)
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Habitat
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![](Landscapes_thumbs/Fist visit 4-4-2010 with sada (22).JPG) |
![](Landscapes_thumbs/Corbett Tiger Reserve, P1100455.JPG) |
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![](Landscapes_thumbs/Kattlekan (1).JPG) |
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![](Landscapes_thumbs/U Kodayar 1.JPG) |
![](Landscapes_thumbs/Riperian zone at dry thorn forest_Shadashiva Kona Forest(Tirupati).JPG) |
![](Landscapes_thumbs/Bitharkarnika (2).JPG) |
![](Landscapes_thumbs/Bitharkarnika (4).JPG) |
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![](Landscapes_thumbs/A patch of shola in Grass Hills, MD Madhusudan DSC_4642.JPG) |
![](Landscapes_thumbs/A scenic view in the Grass Hills,15th November 2017, AJT Johnsingh. P1180241.JPG) |
![](Landscapes_thumbs/A view of Brahmagiri hills from a distance. The grasslands have a rank growth of Eupatorium adenophorum and Pteridium aquilineum, A.J.T.Johnsingh.DSCN7479.JPG) |
![](Landscapes_thumbs/brahmagiri-pushpagiri.JPG) |
![](Landscapes_thumbs/coorg 2.JPG) |
![](Landscapes_thumbs/Grasslands, shola forest and the Eucalyptus plantation of the past periyar.JPG) |
![](Landscapes_thumbs/kudremukh 1.JPG) |
![](Landscapes_thumbs/Narimalai with evergreen forests at the base, birth place of Lakhsman theertha, a tributary of Cauvery. Dec 2007, A.J.T.Johnsingh..JPG) |
![](Landscapes_thumbs/periyar-anamalai.JPG) |
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![](Landscapes_thumbs/Rolling hills and sholas in Eravikulam-Grass Hills landscape, MD Madhusudan DSC_4834.JPG) |
![](Landscapes_thumbs/Tahr habitat in Mukurthy National Park, AJT Johnsingh.DSCN3954.JPG) |
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![](Landscapes_thumbs/Coorg. View from Moolamlai Mottai, Thalaicauvery WLS, 12th May 2017, AJT Johnsingh.JPG) |
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![](Landscapes_thumbs/Chital feeding on the fallen flowers of Mahua latifolia, AJT Johnsingh.DSCN3903.JPG) |
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![](Landscapes_thumbs/A view of Sigur Plateau, Feb 2014, AJT Johnsingh..JPG) |
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![](Landscapes_thumbs/Jenabil grassland P1190932.JPG) |
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![](Landscapes_thumbs/Grasslands, sal forest and the hills painted gold by the sun characterise Bandhavgarh landscape, A.J.T.Johnsingh.DSCN0503.JPG) |
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![](Landscapes_thumbs/View from Upper Kargudi, mudumalai.JPG) |
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![](Landscapes_thumbs/A view of forests and hills in Satkosia TR DSCN7221.JPG) |
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![](Landscapes_thumbs/Nilgiris. A scenic view of Mukurthy NP, 21st March 2019, AJT Johnsingh. DSCN3222.JPG) |
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![](Landscapes_thumbs/Tropical evergreen forests-Pakshipathalam.JPG) |
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![](Landscapes_thumbs/Montane grasslands,Rohtang pass (4).JPG) |
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![](Landscapes_thumbs/Nainital_Himalayan dry temperate forests.JPG) |
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![](Landscapes_thumbs/Ramanagara_Tropical dry deciduous forests.JPG) |
India Distribution
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![](india_map.php?state_list=Karnataka,Kerala,Tamil Nadu,) |
World Distribution
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