✿Acanthaceae · Ecbolium
Udajati / Ran Aboli
Ecbolium ligustrinum
ShruboutdoorMedicinal
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- June-January
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ecbolium ligustrinum
- Genus
- Ecbolium
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indo-Malaysia and Africa
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- June-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- OppositerecordedTwo leaves arise from the stem at the same point, facing each other.“Leaves are opposite, simple, and petiolate;” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf type
- SimplerecordedA single, undivided leaf blade.“Leaves are opposite, simple, and petiolate;” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf shape
- EllipticrecordedWidest at the middle, tapering evenly at both ends.“the leaf blades are elliptic to oblong-elliptic, with entire margins, an acute to acuminate apex, and a cuneate base.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf margin
- EntirerecordedA smooth, unbroken edge with no teeth or notches.“the leaf blades are elliptic to oblong-elliptic, with entire margins, an acute to acuminate apex, and a cuneate base.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Udajati itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- GreenrecordedGreen or greenish
- Flower arrangement
- SolitaryrecordedA single flower borne alone, not in a cluster.“Inflorescences are axillary or terminal, bearing solitary flowers or few-flowered clusters.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fruit type
- CapsulerecordedA dry fruit from a fused ovary that splits open at maturity to release seeds.“The fruit is a loculicidal capsule containing two seeds per locule, consistent with other members of the genus Ecbolium.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Udajati itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- उदजति udajati
- Bengali
- ঝিন্টিকাঁটা jhintikanta, নীল কাঁটা nila kanta, নীল সহচরা nila sahachara
- Tamil
- நீலாம்பரி nilambari, நீலாம்பரி (செடி), நீலாம்பரி
- Telugu
- చీకటి కూర తుప్ప cheekatikoorathuppa, నక్కతోక nakkatoka, పచ్చ వాడంబరము pachchavadambaram
- Kannada
- ಕಪ್ಪುಬೊಬ್ಬುಳಿ kappubobbuli, ಕಪ್ಪುಕರ್ಣಿ kappukarni, ಪಚ್ಚಾಂಬ್ರಾ patchambra
- Malayalam
- കരിംകുറിഞ്ഞി karimkurunni, ഒടിയമടന്ത odiyamadantha
- Marathi
- धाकटा अडुळसा dhakta adulsa, एकबोली ekboli, रान आबोली ran aboli
About Udajati
Ran Aboli (Ecbolium ligustrinum) is a shrub in the Acanthaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and 9 other states. Flowering and fruiting run from June to January.
Botanical family
Acanthaceae
Acanthus family
Udajati belongs to the Acanthaceae family.
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