Eranthemum malaccense C.B.Clarke

 
  • 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) : Unresolved name
  • Habit : Undershrub
  • Habitat : Grown in gardens
  • Key identification features : Leaves broadly lanceolate, base cuneate, apex acuminate, obscurely and obsoletely lineolate, minutely pilose on the middle beneath. Flowers pale blue or purple in long spikes. Capsules young, ones sparsely pilose, soon glabrous
  • Flower, Fruit : November-December
  • Distribution :
    • Maharashtra : Maharahtra
  • Literature :
    • N.P. Singh, P. Lakshminarasimhan, S. Karthikeyan & P. V. Prasanna (2001). Flora of Maharashtra state, Dicotyledones. Vol. 2. Botanical survey of India, Govt. India. pp.679.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Eranthemum malaccense. Downloaded on 10 October 2024.

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