- Family : ACANTHACEAE
(Acanthus Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Acanthaceae
- Synonym(s) : Justicia triflora Forssk.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Hypoestes triflora (Forssk.) Roem. & Schult.
- Habit : Herb or Undershrub
- Key identification features : Herbs or undershrubs, up to 50 cm high; much branched; Leaves ovate, acuminate at apex, acute or subacute at base, crenulate or wavy, sparsely puberulous; Inflorescences axillary or tenninal clusters, heads or umbels; Flowers pink or pale pink to white; Capsules ellipsoid or ovoid, 4-seeded; Seeds verrucose.
- Flower, Fruit : May- January
- Distribution :
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Lohit
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, China, Bhutan, India, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sierra Le
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, China, Bhutan, India, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre
- Literature :
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 243-244
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Hypoestes triflora. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.
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