Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Herb
Phaulopsis imbricata
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📚 Overview
Description
Diffuse herbs, branches glandular hairy. Leaves in unequal pairs, 3-5 x 2 cm, elliptic, acuminate at both ends, nerves 4 pairs; petiole 2.5 cm long. Spikes axillary, 2 x 1 cm, 1-sided; bracts paired, 6 x 7 mm, orbicular, hairy and long ciliate along the margins; bracteoles absent. Flowers small, scarcely seen above the bracts; calyx lobes 5, unequal; corolla 8 mm long, bilabiate, tube slender, lobes obtuse, white with pink spots; stamens 4, filaments united into an adnated sheath below. Capsule 3 mm long, glabrous; seeds 4, compressed.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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Habit: Herb
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Western Ghats & Eastern Ghats, Moist Deciduous Forests
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Wet places
Semi-evergreen and deciduous forests, also in the plains
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Description
Global Distribution
India: Assam
Local Distribution
Bongaigaon
Global Distribution
Indo-Malesia, China and Africa
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Maharashtra: Raigad, Satara, Sindhudurg
Kerala: All districts
Tamil Nadu: Dindigul, Salem, Theni, Tirunelveli
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine
System Of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2494
Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2494 |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- Ruellia imbricata Forssk., Fl. Aeg.-Arab. 113. 1775.
- Phaulopsis imbricata (Forssk.) Sweet., Hort. Brit. (ed. 1) 327. 1827; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 222. 1982; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 307. 1989; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 307. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 287. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 347. 1988; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 210. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 593. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 350. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 264. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 345. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 514. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 236. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 299. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 234. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 514. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 386. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 546. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 704. 2009.
- Ruellia dorsiflora Retz., Obs. Bot. 6:31.1791.
- Phaulopsis dorsiflora (Retz.) Sant., Kew Bull. 1948: 276. 1948; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 358. 1990.
- Micranthus oppositifolius Wendl., Bot. Beobacht 39. 1798; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1022(718). 1924.
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2494
Information Listing > References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- Ruellia imbricata Forssk., Fl. Aeg.-Arab. 113. 1775.
- Phaulopsis imbricata (Forssk.) Sweet., Hort. Brit. (ed. 1) 327. 1827; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 222. 1982; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 307. 1989; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 307. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 287. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 347. 1988; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 210. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 593. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 350. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 264. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 345. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 514. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 236. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 299. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 234. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 514. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 386. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 546. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 704. 2009.
- Ruellia dorsiflora Retz., Obs. Bot. 6:31.1791.
- Phaulopsis dorsiflora (Retz.) Sant., Kew Bull. 1948: 276. 1948; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 358. 1990.
- Micranthus oppositifolius Wendl., Bot. Beobacht 39. 1798; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1022(718). 1924.
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2494
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Lamiales |
Family | Acanthaceae |
Genus | Phaulopsis |
Species | Phaulopsis imbricata |
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