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Graptophyllum pictum
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Family:
ACANTHACEAE
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Citation: Graptophyllum pictum (L.) Griff., Notul. Pl. Asiat. 4: 139. 1854
Justicia picta L., Sp. Pl. (ed. 2) 21. 1762.
Graptophyllum hortense Nees in Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 102. 1832.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Anchunirappacha
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Caricature Plant
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Description:
An erect up to 2.5 (-3) m tall shrub. Leaves shortly petiolate, ovate-elliptic, 10-20 x 5-12 cm, glabrous, purplish or green mottled with yellow, basally attenuate, entire, acuminate-acute. Flowers dark purple or crimson, c. 4.5-5 cm long; pedicels c. 5 mm long; in terminal panicles of cymes; peduncle sparingly puberulous. Bracts and bracteoles inconspicuous. Calyx lobes linear, c. 3-4 mm long. Corolla glabrous externally, glandular-pubescent within, c. 2 cm across, tube narrow cylindrical, c. 1.5 cm long, upper lip erect, lower lip reflexed. Stamens exserted, attached at the throat of tube, filaments c. 5 mm long; staminodes linear, c. 1.5 mm long. Ovary oblong. Style c. 2.5 cm long.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as garden plant
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Distribution:
Native of Polynesia
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Pink
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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