Priyadarsha / Tropic Flame Crossandra
Crossandra infundibuliformis
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Priyadarsha
Identify Priyadarsha 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: Bright orange fan-shaped flower spikes (firecracker flower).
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: Orange.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Acanthaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Priyadarsha.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Crossandra infundibuliformis
- Genus
- Crossandra
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Cultivated
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- India, Sri Lanka
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Puducherry, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Assam, Chandigarh, Meghalaya, Delhi, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Priyadarsha itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Orangerecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Priyadarsha itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- प्रियदर्श priyadarsha,अबोली aboli
- Nepali
- प्रियदर्शिनी priyadarshini
- Tamil
- செம்பயிரவப்பூண்டு cem-payirava-p-puntu, கனகாம்பரம் kanakamparam, பவளக்குறிஞ்சி pavala-k-kurinci, கனகாம்பரம்
- Telugu
- కనకాంబరాలు
- Kannada
- ಕನಕಾಂಬರ Kanakaambara ಅಬ್ಬೊಲಿಗೆ Abbolige ಅಬ್ಬಲಿಗೆ Abbalige, ಕನಕಾಂಬರ
- Malayalam
- പ്ര്യദര്ശിനീ priyadarshini, കനകാംബരം, Crossandra infundibuliformis
- Marathi
- अबोली aboli, अबोली
About Priyadarsha
Tropic Flame Crossandra (Crossandra infundibuliformis) is a low shrub in the Acanthaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and 15 other states. It is cultivated. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Acanthaceae
Acanthus family
Priyadarsha belongs to the Acanthaceae family.
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