✿Acanthaceae · Andrographis
Deccan Chiretta
Andrographis explicata
Shruboutdoor
- Habit
- Shrub
- Native to
- India
- Flowering
- August-December
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Andrographis explicata
- Genus
- Andrographis
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Native to
- India
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-December
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable (VU)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- EllipticrecordedWidest at the middle, tapering evenly at both ends.“It grows up to 1 meter tall and has large, bristly, elliptic leaves and hairless stems.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- HirsuterecordedCovered in coarse, stiff, bristly hairs.“It grows up to 1 meter tall and has large, bristly, elliptic leaves and hairless stems.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Deccan Chiretta itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
- Flower arrangement
- PaniclerecordedA branching cluster of clusters.“Its small, dark-purple flowers, borne in large pyramidal panicles, are characterized by a two-lobed upper lip and hairy lower lip.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Deccan Chiretta itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Deccan Chiretta
Deccan Chiretta (Andrographis explicata) is a shrub in the Acanthaceae family. It is native to India. Flowering and fruiting run from August to December.
Botanical family
Acanthaceae
Acanthus family
Deccan Chiretta belongs to the Acanthaceae family.
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