Justicia diffusa
Justicia diffusa
Justicia diffusa
Justicia diffusa
MH206 : Justicia diffusa Willd.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 390 |
| Synonym | : | Justicia diffusa var. prostrata;
Rostellularia diffusa (Willd.) Nees;
Rostellularia abyssinica Brongn. ex Nees;
Rostellaria diffusa Nees;
Justicia peploides Boiss.;
Justicia linarifolia Vahl ex Nees;
Justicia juncea Russ. ex Nees;
Justicia graminea Russ. ex Nees;
Justicia graminea koen. ex Roxb.;
Justicia alata Heyne ex Steud.;
Ecbolium diffusum Kuntze;
Barleria pumila Hochst. ex Nees; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Spreading Justicia |
| Plant Family | : | Acanthaceae |
| Description | : | A much branched, basally ± woody, 30-50 cm tall herb with striate, ± quadrangular, sparsely hairy twigs. Leaves with 4-10 mm long petioles; lamina elliptic-lanceolate, 2-4 x 1-2 cm, entire, glabrescent on vein and margin, base and apex ± acute, cystoliths irregularly scattered, lineolate. Inflorescene terminal or axillary, erect up to 6 (-12) cm long, narrow spike. Flowers small, c. 6-8 mm long pink or pale-purple; bracts ovate, c. 2-3 mm long, glabrous, acute-acuminate with scarious margins; bracteoles shorter than calyx lobes. Calyx 4-lobed to near the base, lobes lanceolate, 3-3.5 mm long, ± equal margins glabrous, scarious, acute. Corolla 5-6 mm long, slightly hairy outside, tube c. 3.5 mm long, upper lip c. 2 mm long, emarginate, lower lip broad, c. 4.5 mm long, 3-lobed. Staminal filaments c. 2 mm long. Ovary glabrous with filiform, c. 3 mm long hairy style. Capsule oblong, c. 4-5 mm long, glabrous. Seeds ovate, minutely papillate. Fl. Per.: April-August. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/250422
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=242423645 |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Asteridae |
| Order | : Scrophulariales |
| Family | : Acanthaceae - Acanthus family |
| Genus | : Justicia L. - water-willow |
| Species | : Justicia diffusa |