Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Herb
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Dianthera paniculata Lour. |
| synonym | Justicia dichotoma Rottl. |
| synonym | Justicia gendarussa Macrae ex Nees |
| synonym | Justicia macilenta E. Mey. |
| synonym | Justicia nasuta L. |
| synonym | Justicia odoratissima Boj. ex Nees |
| synonym | Justicia rottleriana Wall. |
| synonym | Justicia silvatica Nees |
| synonym | Justicia sylvatica Vahl |
| synonym | Pseuderanthemum connatum Lindau |
| synonym | Rhinacanthus communis Nees |
| synonym | Rhinacanthus macilentus Presl |
| synonym | Rhinacanthus osmospermus Boj. ex Nees |
| synonym | Rhinacanthus rottlerianus Nees |
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📚 Overview
Description
Erect shrubs, stem terete, tomentose. Leaves 8-12 x 4-8 cm, elliptic, acute at both ends, crenulate, minutely pubescent, nerves 7-10 pairs. Cymes terminal, panicled. Flowers sessile; bracts and bracteoles similar, 2 mm long, hispid; sepals 5, 5 mm long, linear-lanceolate, hispid; corolla white, tube 25 mm long, slender, hispid; upper lip entire, oblong, acuminate; lower lip broad, 3-lobed, obtuse; stamens 2, inserted near the throat of the tube, equal; one anther lobe lower than other, glabrous; cell 2-ovuled, style slender. Capsule 2 cm long, clavate, with a lower solid slender stalk, glabrous; seeds 1 or 2 in each cell, rugose.
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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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Wet areas in moist 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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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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Description
Global Distribution
India, Sri Lanka, Java and Madagascar
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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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Rhinacanthus nasutus (L.) Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 39: 79. 1870; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 215. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 288. 1985; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 309. 1989; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 308. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 348. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 594. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 359. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 351. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 275. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 15. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 346. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 515. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 237. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 301. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 237. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 234. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 387. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 546. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 622. 2009.
- Justicia nasuta L., Sp. Pl. 16. 1753.
- Rhinacanthus communis Nees in Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 109. 1832; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 541. 1885; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1083(758). 1924.
Information Listing > References
- Rhinacanthus nasutus (L.) Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 39: 79. 1870; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 215. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 288. 1985; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 309. 1989; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 308. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 348. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 594. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 359. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 351. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 275. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 15. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 346. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 515. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 237. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 301. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 237. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 234. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 387. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 546. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 622. 2009.
- Justicia nasuta L., Sp. Pl. 16. 1753.
- Rhinacanthus communis Nees in Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 109. 1832; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 541. 1885; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1083(758). 1924.
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Lamiales |
| Family | Acanthaceae |
| Genus | Rhinacanthus |
| Species | Rhinacanthus nasutus (L.) Kuntze |
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