- Family : ACANTHACEAE
(Acanthus Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Acanthaceae
- Synonym(s) : Dicliptera micranthes Nees
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Dicliptera verticillata (Forssk.) C.Chr.
- Habit : Herb
- Comments / notes : Wastelands in plains
- Key identification features : Erect herb, branches angular. Leaves ovate or elliptic glabrous. Flowers in axillary clusters of small sessile umbel-like cymes. Calyx long, hairy, 5-partite. Corolla tube narrow with upper and lower lip long
- Flower, Fruit : October-April
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Anantapur district
- Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district
- Kerala : Kollam district
- Odisha : Ganjam district, Kalhandi district, Mayurbhanj district, Koraput district
- Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Angola, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Gulf of Guinea Islands, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Pro
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Angola, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Gulf of Guinea Islands, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- Sharma B.D, 1984 - Flora of Karnataka Analysis
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Dicliptera verticillata. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.
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