Pan India Bouquets

Perilepta auriculata (Nees) Bremek.

Family : Acanthaceae
(Acanthus Family)
Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Acanthaceae
Synonym(s) : Justicia auriculata Wall. ex Nees; Perilepta amplectens (Nees) Bremek.; Perilepta edgeworthiana (Nees) Bremek.; Perilepta plumulosa (Nees) Bremek.; Perilepta siamensis (C.B.Clarke) Bremek.; Perilepta venusta (Craib) Bremek.; Ruellia amplectens Wall. ex Nees; Ruellia auriculata Wall.; Strobilanthes amplectens Nees; Strobilanthes edgeworthiana Nees; Strobilanthes plumulosa Nees; Strobilanthes siamensis C.B.Clarke; Strobilanthes trichophora C.E.C.Fisch.; Strobilanthes venusta Craib
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Strobilanthes auriculata Nees
Common name : Eared Leaf Coneflower
Vernacular name : Kapur mingar, Pandai (Hindi); Koutruk lei (Manipuri); Ramting (Mizo); Chinna kurinji, Ankaravalli (Tamil); Kumtharuk khangrangwon (Tangkhul)
Habit : Undershrub
Habitat : Terai forest; 450 - 950 m. altitude
Flower, Fruit : October-February
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- West Bengal : Darjeeling district
Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Pakistan to China (Yunnan, Guangxi) and Peninsula Malaysia (Langkawi)
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 195; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 3. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 1260-1261
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Perilepta auriculata. Downloaded on 7 December 2023.

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