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Travancore Asystasia

Asystasia travancorica

Herboutdoor
Habit
Herb
Found in India
Tamil Nadu
Flowering
October-February

How to identify Travancore Asystasia

Identify Travancore Asystasia by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.

  • Look for a herb habit.
  • Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
  • Confirm flower colour: White.
  • In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: October-February.
  • In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu.
  • Confirm it sits within the Acanthaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Travancore Asystasia.

Plant Details

Scientific name
Asystasia travancorica
Genus
Asystasia
Habit
Herb
Habitat
Evergreen, semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests
Habitat type
Forest
Native to
India
Found in India
Tamil Nadu
Flowering & fruiting
October-February
Conservation status
Not Evaluated (NE)

Leaf characters

Leaf surface
Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded

Typical of the family

Arrangement
Opposite
Simple type leaf character
Type
Simple
Entire margin leaf character
Margin
Entire
Pinnate venation leaf character
Venation
Pinnate

Characters marked “recorded” are for Travancore Asystasia itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family.

Flower & fruit characters

Flower colour
Whiterecorded

Typical of the family

Inflorescence
Spike
Fruit
Capsule

Characters marked “recorded” are for Travancore Asystasia itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family — flowering plants only.

About Travancore Asystasia

Travancore Asystasia (Asystasia travancorica) is a herb in the Acanthaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu. It grows in evergreen, semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from October to February.

Illustration representing the Acanthaceae family
Botanical family

Acanthaceae

Acanthus family

Travancore Asystasia belongs to the Acanthaceae family.

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