Haplanthodes nilgherrensis (Wight) R.B.Majumdar

 
  • 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) : Haplanthodes nilgherrensis (Wight) R.B.Majumdar
  • Habit : Herb
  • Comments / notes : Frequent in shaded places, Tropical moist deciduous forests
  • Key identification features : Highly branched herbs with quadrangular branches; Leaves glabrous, attenuate; Petiole long; Infloresecence in terminal spikes terminal, dense, hairy; Calyx long, lobed,hairy; Corolla long, lobed hairy; Style slender, Stigma linear; Fruit a oblong capsule; Seeds hairy.
  • Flower, Fruit : December-March
  • Collection Nos : KFP 6886
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Uttara Kannada district, Udupi district
    • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kollam district
  • Native : India
  • Endemism : India
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Sharma B.D, 1984 - Flora of Karnataka Analysis
    • 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=Haplanthodes nilgherrensis. Downloaded on 8 October 2024.

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