Jacobinia ghiesbreghtiana (Lem.) Hemsl.

 
  • 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) : Justicia spicigera Schltdl.
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Comments / notes : Grown in gardens
  • Key identification features : Shrubs, 1.5-2m tall, glabrous or pubescent; nodes somewhat swollen, much branched. Leaves lanceolate to narrow elliptic, tapering at both ends, short petioled, entire. Flowers orange-crimson, mostly 2 together and sessile in forking axillary peduncled open little panicles with small bracts smaller than calyx; corolla long lipped, about one third distance from apex, broad at widest part, broad lower lip deflexed and becoming coiled.
  • Flower, Fruit : October-December
  • Distribution :
    • Maharashtra : Maharashtra
    • Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
  • Native : Bahamas, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : Bahamas, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico
  • Literature :
    • N.P. Singh, P. Lakshminarasimhan, S. Karthikeyan & P. V. Prasanna (2001). Flora of Maharashtra state, Dicotyledones. Vol. 2. pp.681. Botanical survey of India, Govt. India.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Jacobinia ghiesbreghtiana. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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