Justicia latispica Gamble

 
  • Family : ACANTHACEAE
    (Acanthus Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Acanthaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Rostellularia latispica (C.B. Clarke) Bremek.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Rostellularia mollissima (Nees) Nees
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Tropical dry deciduous forests, Scrub
  • Key identification features : Herbs, up to 30 cm high; much branched, hairy; Leaves ovate or oblong, hairy, petiolate; Flowers in cylindric, densely hairy spikes, blue or pale pink; Capsules ovoid or ellipsoid, 4-seeded; Seeds ovoid, nearly compressed.
  • Flower, Fruit : November-March
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Tumakuru district
    • Kerala : Idukki district, Thiruvananthapuram district, Kollam district, Alappuzha district, Pathanamthitta district, Kottayam district
    • Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Tirap
    • 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
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 245
    • Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Justicia latispica. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

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