Gymnostachyum febrifugum Benth.

 
  • Family : ACANTHACEAE
    (Acanthus Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Acanthaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Cryptophragmium febrifugum Kuntze; Gymnostachyum alatum Wight; Gymnostachyum febrifugum var. bracteatum V.S.Ramach.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Gymnostachyum febrifugum Benth.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Bili agrada beru, Nela muchhala (Kannada)
    • Nilamuchaala (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, Tropical semi-evergreen forests
  • Comments / notes : Frequent as an undergrowth in evergreen forests near water sources
  • Key identification features : A small herb. Corolla pale greenish yellow or purplish
  • Flower, Fruit : August-January
  • Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha, K.P.Sreenath
  • Collection Date : 09/12/1978
  • Collection Nos : KFP 4946
  • Collection Locality : Mangalore-Konaje road, Dakshina Kannada district
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Udupi district, Bengaluru district (GKVK, Campus)
    • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : India
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Endemism : India
  • World Distribution : India
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • 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=Gymnostachyum febrifugum. Downloaded on 11 October 2024.

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