About Large Flowered Calacanthus
Calacanthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae. It contains a single species, Calacanthus grandiflorus. It is endemic to the Western Ghats of western India, in the states Maharashtra, Goa, and Karnataka. It typically grows on moist sunny slopes, including in clumps near streams and on ridge tops, along forest edges, and in shrublands, from 550 to 1,000 metres elevation.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Calacanthus grandiflorus
- Genus
- Calacanthus
- Family
- ACANTHACEAE
- Habit
- Shrub
- Native to
- India
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- करंब karamb
- Malayalam
- കരിമകുറുഞ്ഞി karimkurunni
- Marathi
- मुगूट mugut
Botanical family
Acanthaceae
Acanthus family
Large Flowered Calacanthus belongs to the Acanthaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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