Dicliptera cuneata Nees

 
  • Family : ACANTHACEAE
    (Acanthus Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Acanthaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Dicliptera cuneata Nees
  • Vernacular name :
    • Karungurundhu (Tamil)
    • Pichi-kusuma (Telugu)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Wet places in Tropical evergreen forests, Tropical dry deciduous forests, Tropical moist deciduous forests
  • Comments / notes : On hills above 900m in thickets, on slopes
  • Flower, Fruit : November-February
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Kurnool district, Prakasam district
    • Karnataka : Ballari district, Bengaluru district, Belagavi district, Davanagare district, Hassan district, Kolar district, Mysuru district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district
    • Tamil Nadu : Alagar Hills (Madurai district), Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills (Salem district), Kalrayan Hills (Salem district), Pachamalai Hills (Tiruchirapalli district), Bodamalai Hills (Salem district), Chitteri Hills (Vellore district), Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Yelagiri Hills (Vellore district), Dharmapuri Hills (Dharmapuri district), Piranmalai Hills (Sivaganga district), Theerthamalai Hills (Dharmapuri district), Gingee Hill (Villipuram district), Javadu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district)
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Native : India
  • Endemism : Peninsular India
  • World Distribution : India
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
    • J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
    • Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
    • Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore
    • Rao & Razi, 1981 – Flora of Mysore
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg district
    • Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere district
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Dicliptera cuneata. Downloaded on 11 October 2024.

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