Goldfussia pentastemonoides Nees

 
  • Family : ACANTHACEAE
    (Acanthus Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Acanthaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Goldfussia flexuosa Nees; Ruellia capitata Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don; Ruellia cephalotes Wall.; Ruellia flexuosa Wall.; Ruellia penstemonoides Wall.; Strobilanthes pentastemonoides var. normalis Kuntze
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Strobilanthes pentastemonoides (Nees) T.Anderson
  • Habit : Undershrub
  • Habitat : In moist oak forest; 2190 - 2450 m. altitude
  • Key identification features : Perennial herbs or shrubs, 1-2.5 m high, much branched, glabrous; Leaves elliptic, acuminate at both ends, glabrous; Inflorescences glandular or hairy heads, 1-3 together; Flowers deep violet; Capsules oblong, clavate, glandular pubescent, 4-seeded.
  • Flower, Fruit : August-November
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Subansiri, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Manipur
  • Native : Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Nepal to China (Yunnan) and Indo-China
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 194
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 3. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 1265
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 256
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Goldfussia pentastemonoides. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

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