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Justicia nilgherrensis
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Family:
ACANTHACEAE
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Citation: Justicia nilgherrensis (Nees) Wall. ex Anders., J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 7:118.1863; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1078(755). 1924; Ramach. et al., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 5:140.1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 341. 1988; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 617. 2009.
Adhatoda nilgherrensis Nees in Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 103. 1832.
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Description:
Herbs with woody thick rootstock and long roots; stem often numerous, procumbent. Leaves simple, opposite, 3-3.5 x 0.5-1 cm, sessile, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, soft, greyish green in colour, glabrous, minutely punctuate, finely ciliate along the margin. Flowers in 4-10cm long spikes; bracts 1.5 x 0.7 cm, ovate, very acute, white but with large green nerves; bracteoles nearly as large. Calyx lobes five, 5 mm long, all equal, linear acute, jointed only near the base. Corolla tube slightly longer, broadening suddenly above the base: upper lip 8 mm long, very concave, notched: lower lip 1 cm broad, 3-fid; lobes spreading; middle lobe rounded, slightly broader than the laterals. Capsule 2 cm long, dark purple above, velvety tomentose, laterally contracted at the base; seeds 4 mm across, papillate.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-March
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District(s):
Kannur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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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):
White, Pink
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
on way to Brahmagiri, Brahmagiri
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