Justicia khasiana C.B. Clarke

 
  • 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) : Rostellularia mollissima (Nees) Nees
  • Habit : Herb
  • Comments / notes : Common on the road cuttings
  • Key identification features : Herbs, 50-90 cm tall; stems much branched, hispid; Leaves sessile, oblong, hispid on both surfaces; Flowers in spikes, blue; Capsules ellipsoid.
  • Flower, Fruit : October-December
  • Collector(s) Name : C.J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh; Arun Singh, Raja K.Swamy, Rajasri Ray
  • Collection Date : 13-11-1961
  • Collection Nos : CS 8105
  • Collection Locality : Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu
  • Distribution :
    • Tamil Nadu : The Nilgiri district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Subansiri
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, China, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, China, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  • Literature :
    • Based on herbarium specimen
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 245
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Justicia khasiana. Downloaded on 5 October 2024.

Herbarium Specimen(s)

India Distribution

World Distribution

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