Phaulopsis imbricata (Forssk.) Sweet

 
  • Family : ACANTHACEAE
    (Acanthus Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Acanthaceae
  • Basionym : Ruellia imbricata Forssk.; Aetheilema imbricatum (Forssk.) R.Br.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Phaulopsis imbricata (Forssk.) Sweet
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Tropical semi-evergreen forests, deciduous forests, also in plains
  • Comments / notes : Occasional on hills above 750m, on moist slopes and river banks
  • Key identification features : Prostrate herbs, hairy; Leaves opposite, unequal, ovate; Bracts orbicular or renifonn, membranous; Flowers in densely or sparsely hairy spikes, white; Capsules clavate; 4-seeded. Seeds compressed, discoid, densely hairy.
  • Flower, Fruit : November-March
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : East Godavari district, Vishakapatnam district, Kurnool district
    • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Tumakuru district, Udupi district, Dakshina Kannada district
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Odisha : Kalhandi district, Bargarh district, Dhenkanal district, Bolangir district, Gajapati district, Ganjam district, Kendrapara district, Angul district
    • Tamil Nadu : Salem district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
  • Native : Africa
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
    • Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg District
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District
    • Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • 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=Phaulopsis imbricata. Downloaded on 10 October 2024.

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