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Justicia prostrata
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Family:
ACANTHACEAE
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Citation: Justicia prostrata (Roxb. ex Clarke) Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1081(757). 1924; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 341. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 591. 1990; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 510. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 298. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 231. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 382. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 544. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 617. 2009.
Justicia diffusa Willd., Sp. Pl. 1: 87. 1800, var. prostrata Roxb. ex Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 538. 1885.
Rostellularia prostrata (Roxb. ex Clarke) Majumdar, Bull. Bot. Soc. Bengal 25: 75. 1971; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 219. 1982; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 353. 1994.
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Description:
Erect or prostrate herbs, stem puberulus. Leaves to 1.7 x 1 cm, ovate, apex obtuse or acute, base rounded, nerves 4 pairs; petiole 7 mm long. Spikes 1.5 cm long, terminal, cylindrical to ovoid; bracts and bracteoles similar, 2 mm long. Flowers lax; calyx lobes 3 mm long, lanceolate, glabrous; corolla 4 mm long, white, glabrous; ovary glabrous. Capsule 3 mm long, glabrous; seeds triangular, rugose, puberulus, reddish brown.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-January
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District(s):
Palakkad, Alappuzha, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikkode, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Deciduous forests, also in the plains
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Distribution:
Peninsular India and Sri Lanka
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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:
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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Vallakkadavu, Thekkady, Tiruvalla, Cannanore, Alleppey town, Karimpuzha
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