|
Andrographis stellulata
|
|
|
|
Family:
ACANTHACEAE
|
|
Citation: Andrographis stellulata Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 504. 1884; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1049(735). 1924; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 35.1996.
|
|
Malayalam Name(s):
|
|
Tamil name(s):
|
|
English name(s):
|
|
Description:
Erect herbs. Leaves opposite, to 6 x 2.5 cm, elliptic-lanceolate, acute to acuminate, base attenuate, strigose above and softly fulvous-tomenrose below. Calyx-lobes setaceous, 6-8 mm long. Corolla pale pink with purple spots. Capsule linear-oblong, 2 cm long.
|
|
Habit:
Herb
|
|
Flowering & Fruiting:
February-August
|
|
District(s):
Idukki
|
|
Medicinal:
|
|
Habitat:
Grasslands
|
|
Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
|
|
Aquatic:
No
|
|
Epiphyte(s):
No
|
|
Saprophyte:
No
|
|
Stem parasite:
No
|
|
Root parasite:
No
|
|
Flower colour(s):
Pink
|
|
Weed:
No
|
|
Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
|
|
Exotic:
No
|
|
Garden:
No
|
|
Edible:
No
|
|
Vegetable:
No
|
|
Endemic to:
Southern Western Ghats
|
|
IUCN status:
|
|
Altitude:
|
|
Localities:
|