- Family : ACANTHACEAE
(Acanthus Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Acanthaceae
- Synonym(s) : Gendarussa vulgaris Nees
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Justicia gendarussa Burm. f.
- Common name : Daun Rusa, Gandarusa, Water-willow
- Vernacular name :
- Udisambhalu (Hindi)
- Karinekki (Kannada)
- Vaataghni (Sanskrit)
- Karunochi, Karinochil, Vathakodi, Vathamkolli (Malayalam)
- Nela vavili, Gandha rasamu, Nalla vaili, Nalla nochali (Telugu)
- Habit : Shrub
- Habitat : Planted along hedges; frequently runs wild
- Comments / notes : In the wild it runs by streams and other moist places of deciduous forests
- Flower, Fruit : December-May
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, West Godavari district
- Telangana : Nizamabad district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
- Tamil Nadu : Dindigul district
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Siang
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Bhutan, India, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Bhutan, India, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- 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.
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 244
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Justicia gendarussa. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Line Drawings
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Field Image(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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