Strobilanthes hamiltoniana (Steud.) Bosser & Heine

 
  • Family : ACANTHACEAE
    (Acanthus Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Acanthaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Diflugossa colorata (Nees) Bremek.; Goldfussia colorata Nees; Ruellia hamiltoniana Steud.; Strobilanthes colorata (Nees) T.Anderson; Diflugossa crinita (Nees) Bremek.; Goldfussia crinita Nees; Ruellia colorata Wall.; Strobilanthes colorata var. crinita (Nees) C.B.Clarke; Strobilanthes crinita (Nees) T.Anderson
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Strobilanthes hamiltoniana (Steud.) Bosser & Heine
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Comments / notes : Cultivated
  • Key identification features : Shrubs or undershrubs, 1-2 m high, glabrous; Leaves ovate or elliptic, acuminate, glabrous; Flowers in terminal panicles, pink or purple; Capsules 4-seeded.
  • Flower, Fruit : October-February
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Thrissur district
    • Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Lohit, Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • 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: 241
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Strobilanthes hamiltoniana. Downloaded on 11 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

Creative Commons License
India Flora Online by Herbarium JCB is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.