Carvia callosa (Nees) Bremek.

 
  • Family : ACANTHACEAE
    (Acanthus Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Acanthaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Ruellia callosa Wall.; Strobilanthes grahamiana Wight
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Strobilanthes callosa Nees
  • Common name : Karvy
  • Vernacular name :
    • Maruadana (Hindi)
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Comments / notes : Flowers once in seven to eight years
  • Key identification features : Shrubs with rigid, rough and warted stems. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate with crenate margins and strongly lineolate on the upper surface. Flowers in sub-tetragonal spikes with rounded edges. Bracts covered with viscious secretion with a balsamic but not agreeable odour, green with pink tinge. Disc bright orange. Calyx segmented, leathery, softly pubescent; corolla with a white tube and a purple limb, glabrous outside with yellow hairs.
  • Flower, Fruit : September-November
  • Collector(s) Name : C.Saldanha
  • Collection Date : 27/08/1961
  • Collection Nos : CS 6779
  • Collection Locality : Ahwa, Dang
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Karnataka
    • Maharashtra : Thane district
    • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
  • Native : India
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Endemism : Central and Peninsular India
  • World Distribution : India
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Sharma B.D, 1984 - Flora of Karnataka Analysis
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Carvia callosa. Downloaded on 11 October 2024.

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