Striped Chiretta
Andrographis lineata
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- July-October
How to identify Striped Chiretta
Identify Striped Chiretta by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a undershrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Leaves with pale longitudinal stripes.
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: July-October.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Tamil Nadu.
- Confirm it sits within the Acanthaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Striped Chiretta.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Andrographis lineata
- Genus
- Andrographis
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Semi-Evergreen forests and grasslands
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-October
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Striped Chiretta itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Striped Chiretta itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- Andrographis lineata, பெரியா நங்கை
About Striped Chiretta
A member of the Acanthaceae family, Striped Chiretta (Andrographis lineata) is a low shrub. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. It grows in semi-Evergreen forests and grasslands. Flowering and fruiting run from July to October.
Acanthaceae
Acanthus family
Striped Chiretta belongs to the Acanthaceae family.
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