- 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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