- Family : ACANTHACEAE
(Acanthus Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Acanthaceae
- Basionym : Eranthemum malabaricum Clarke
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Pseuderanthemum latifolium (Vahl) B.Hansen
- Habit : Herb
- Comments / notes : Near streams in deciduous forests
- Key identification features : Leaves elliptic or ovate, wavy toothed margin; Flowers white or yellowish; Fruit capsule, cylindric.
- Flower, Fruit : November-February
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Kadapa district
- Karnataka : Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Raigad district
- Odisha : Ganjam district, Gajapati district
- Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Dibang valley, Lohit, Kameng, Siang, Subansiri
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
- 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
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 250
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Pseuderanthemum malabaricum. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Field Image(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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