Peristrophe speciosa (Roxb.) Nees

 
  • Family : ACANTHACEAE
    (Acanthus Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Acanthaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Ecbolium speciosum (Roxb.) Kuntze; Justicia speciosa Roxb.; Peristrophe speciosa (Roxb.) Nees; Strepsiphus speciosus (Roxb.) Raf.; Justicia riviniifolia Vis.; Justicia tinctoria Nees
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Dicliptera raui Karthik. & Moorthy
  • Habit : Undershrub
  • Habitat : Tropical semi-evergreen forests, deciduous forests
  • Flower, Fruit : February-March
  • Distribution :
    • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
    • Uttarakhand : Dehradun
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Siang
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, India
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Sub-Tropical Asia
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
    • H.O.Saxena & M.Brahmam,1995-Flora of Orissa Vol.3
    • H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 247
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Peristrophe speciosa. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.

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