Asystasia neesiana (Wall.) Nees

 
  • Family : ACANTHACEAE
    (Acanthus Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Acanthaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Asystasia neesiana (Wall.) Nees; Asystasiella neesiana (Wall.) Lindau; Ruellia neesiana Wall.; Asystasia chinensis S.Moore; Asystasiella chinensis (S.Moore) E.Hossain; Ruellia auriculata Wall.; Ruellia crucis Steud.; Ruellia tetragona Thunb.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Mackaya neesiana (Wall.) Das
  • Habit : Undershrub
  • Key identification features : Undershrubs; branches spreading; Leaves large, broadly elliptic, acute, sparingly pubescent, lower long petiolate, uppermost sessile; Flowers in elongate, very lax, pubescent racemes, pink; Capsules pubescent, 4-seeded.
  • Flower, Fruit : September- December
  • Distribution :
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Subansiri
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripur
  • Native : China, Bhutan, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : China, Bhutan, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Literature :
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 240
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Asystasia neesiana. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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