Isoglossa collina (T.Anderson) B.Hansen

 
  • Family : ACANTHACEAE
    (Acanthus Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Acanthaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Chingiacanthus patulus Hand.-Mazz.; Dianthera collina (T.Anderson) C.B.Clarke; Dianthera sinensis W.W.Sm.; Ecbolium collinum (C.B.Clarke) Kuntze; Justicia collina T.Anderson; Ptyssiglottis collina (Lindau) S.Moore; Rhaphidospora tenella T.Anderson; Strophacanthus collinus (C.B.Clarke) Lindau
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Isoglossa collina (T.Anderson) B.Hansen
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Evergreen broad-leaved forests, wetlands by streams
  • Key identification features : Herbs 40-100 cm tall. Stems prostrate and rooting at base but apically erect, terete, slender, slightly puberulent when young, later glabrescent. Seeds coarsely corrugated with irregular ridges and often with minute acute protuberances.
  • Flower, Fruit : August-November
  • Distribution :
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : China, Bhutan, India, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Literature :
    • Herbarium collected by Patanjali Bhartiya Ayurvigyan AvUm Anusandhan Sansthan, Haridwar, Uttarkhand
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 244
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Isoglossa collina. Downloaded on 13 December 2024.

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