- Family : ACANTHACEAE
(Acanthus Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Acanthaceae
- Basionym : Justicia pectinata L.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Rungia pectinata (L.) Nees
- Vernacular name :
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : As an undergrowth in forests, waste places, Tropical semi-evergreen forests, road sides, Dry forests, wastelands in plains
- Comments / notes : Common Weed
- Flower, Fruit : November-May
- Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha
- Collection Date : 18/12/1969
- Collection Nos : 15897
- Collection Locality : Panorama point, Bisle ghat
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Vishakapatnam district, East Godavari district, Srikakulam district
- Karnataka : Belagavi district, Ballari district, Dakshina Kannada district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district,Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Akola district, Thane district
- Odisha : Ganjam district, Cuttack district
- Tamil Nadu : Dindigul district
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Siang
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Lakshadweep : Lakshadweep
- Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Lakshadweep Islands, Laos, Malaya, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Yemen
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Lakshadweep Islands, Laos, Malaya, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Yemen
- 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
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District
- Seetharam et al., 2000 – Flora of Gulbarga
- Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg District
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- Sharma B.D, 1984 - Flora of Karnataka Analysis
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 251
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Rungia pectinata. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.
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