Codonacanthus pauciflorus (Nees) Nees

 
  • Family : ACANTHACEAE
    (Acanthus Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Acanthaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Asystasia pauciflora Nees; Codonacanthus acuminatus Nees; Leptostachya repanda Q.H.Chen; Ruellia pauciflora Wall.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Codonacanthus pauciflorus (Nees) Nees
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Evergreen broad-leaved forests, wet places in ravines.
  • Key identification features : Herbs 20-60 cm tall, much branched or unbranched. Stems 4-angled, sulcate, 2-fariously pubescent. Petiole 3-15 mm, puberulent or glabrous; leaf blade elliptic, ovate, or lanceolate. Capsule 1-1.9 cm, glabrous. Seeds 2-3 mm.
  • Flower, Fruit : August-April
  • Distribution :
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Dibang valley, Kameng, Siang, Tirap
  • Native : India, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, Hainan, Japan, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Literature :
    • Herbarium collected by Patanjali Bhartiya Ayurvigyan AvUm Anusandhan Sansthan, Haridwar, Uttarkhand
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 240-241
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Codonacanthus pauciflorus. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.

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