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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH206 : Justicia diffusa Willd.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 390  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Scrophulariales
Family : Acanthaceae - Acanthus family
Genus : Justicia L. - water-willow
Species : Justicia diffusa
Plant Location in Melghat : -  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : -  
Plant Family : Acanthaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : Spreading Justicia
 
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
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.
 
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Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :