Dyschoriste nagchana (Nees) Benn.

 
  • 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) : Dyschoriste nagchana (Nees) Benn.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Scrub
  • Key identification features : Flowers blue in axillary clusters. Corolla funnel-shaped.
  • Flower, Fruit : December-March
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Kodagu (Coorg) district
    • Kerala : Kollam district
    • Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Native : Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Norther
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg district
    • 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=Dyschoriste nagchana. Downloaded on 11 October 2024.

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