Family: Acanthaceae
Synonym: Bremekampia neilgherryensis (Wight)
Sreem., Haplanthodes tentaculata var.
neilgherryensis (Wight) J.R.I.Wood
Habit:
Herb
Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests
Distribution:
Western Ghats
Flowering & Fruiting:
January-March
Key identification features: Profusely
branched herbs, branches quadrangular, glabrous. Leaves elliptic, acuminate at
both ends. Spikes terminal, cylindrical, densely covered with hairy cladodes.
Flowers in whorls; corolla upper lip 2-lobed and lower lip 3-lobed, hairy;
Capsule oblong; seeds 6-12, thinly
hairy.
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