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Justicia beddomei
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Family:
ACANTHACEAE
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Citation: Justicia beddomei (Clarke) Bennet, Indian J. For. 5: 326. 1982.
Adhatoda beddomei Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 540. 1885; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1082(758). 1924.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Cheriya-adalodakam, Chittadalotakam, Aadalodakam
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Description:
Diffusely branched more or less decumbent subshrubs; stem cylindrical, striate, with swollen nodes. Leaves simple, opposite, 5-10 x 3.5-4 cm, ovate, acuminate at apex, acute at base, entire at margins, glabrous; lateral nerves 4-6 pairs. Flowers in terminal spikes; bracts ovate, acute, mucronate, white with green veins, glabrous; bracteoles lanceolate, unequal sided, white with green veins. Calyx 5-partite, to 5 mm long; segments linear-lanceolate. Corolla to 1.25 cm long, pubescent outside, dull white, 2-lipped; upper lip erect emarginated; lower lip deflexed, 3-lobed. Stamens 4; filaments hairy at their base; lower anther cell with a long spur. Ovary 2-celled, ovules 2 in each cell; style pubescent. Capsule softly pubescent, broadly clavate; seeds 4, suborbicular, densely tuberculately rugose when wetted.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-
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District(s):
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Cultivated
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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):
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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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