Pan India Bouquets

Phlogacanthus thyrsiformis (Roxb. ex Hardw.) Mabb.

Family : Acanthaceae
(Acanthus Family)
Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Acanthaceae
Synonym(s) : Justicia thyrsiflora Roxb.; Justicia thyrsiformis Roxb. ex Hardw.; Phlogacanthus longisepalus Bremek.; Phlogacanthus thyrsiflorus (Roxb.) Nees
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Phlogacanthus thyrsiformis (Roxb. ex Hardw.) Mabb.
Common name : Nongmangkha
Vernacular name : Titaaphul (Assamese); Dieng-soh kajut (Khasi); Sipchang (Tangkhul); Chuwaa, Tite (Nepali) Shimrim (Maring); Kawldai-par-eng (Mizo)
Habit : Shrub
Habitat : Subtropical forest and in secondary scrub, particularly in gullies and near streams; 200 - 1100 m. altitude
Comments / notes : Infrequent. Whole plant is used like Adhatoda vasica in whooping cough and menorrhagia. Fruits and leaves are burnt and prescribed for fevers.
Key identification features : Flowers orange in elongate, dense, villous, 10-30 cm long thyrses, solitary or several in terminal oe semi-axillary on lateral branches. Seeds much compressed, orbicular, hygroscopically densely, shortly hairy.
Flower, Fruit : November-May
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : East Sikkim (Gangtok) district
- West Bengal : Darjeeling district,Alipurduar district,Jalpaiguri district,Cooch Behar district,
Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Thailand
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Indian Subcontinent to Indo-China
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: 1284-1285
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Phlogacanthus thyrsiformis. Downloaded on 1 June 2023.

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