Strobilanthes ciliatus Nees

 
  • Family : ACANTHACEAE
    (Acanthus Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Acanthaceae
  • Basionym : Nilgirianthus ciliatus (Nees) Bremek.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Strobilanthes ciliata Nees
  • Vernacular name :
    • Karvi (Hindi)
    • Sahacharah (Sanskrit)
    • Cherukurunji, Chinnikurunji, Karimkurunji, Kurunji, Vellakurunji (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Along stream banks in evergreen and Tropical semi-evergreen forests
  • Key identification features : Leaves elliptic; Flowers in spikes, white with pink patches on lower lobes.
  • Flower, Fruit : December-May
  • Collector(s) Name : F. M. Jarrett, Cecil J. Saldanha, T. P. Ramamoorthy
  • Collection Date : 06/08/1970
  • Collection Nos : HFP 836
  • Collection Locality : Mankanahalli, Hassan district
  • Distribution :
    • Goa : South Goa district
    • Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district, Udupi district
    • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Tamil Nadu : Dindigul district
  • Native : India
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Endemism : Southern Peninsular India
  • World Distribution : India
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Strobilanthes ciliatus. Downloaded on 15 October 2024.

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