Monechma debile (Forssk.) Nees

 
  • 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) : Meiosperma debile (Forssk.) I.Darbysh. & E.A.Tripp
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Garden plant
  • Key identification features : Flowers in subsessile spikes. Capsules clothed with somewhat deflexed hairs. Seeds orbicular, flat, yellow.
  • Flower, Fruit : November-December
  • Distribution :
    • Maharashtra : Pune district
  • Native : Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Oman, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Oman, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
  • Literature :
    • N.P. Singh, P. Lakshminarasimhan, S. Karthikeyan & P. V. Prasanna (2001). Flora of Maharashtra state, Dicotyledones. Vol. 2.
    • pp- 681-682. 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=Monechma debile. Downloaded on 2 December 2024.

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