Atukkuk Kurunku / Green Shrimp Plant
Ecbolium viride var. viride
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Atukkuk Kurunku
Identify Atukkuk Kurunku 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.
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: Green.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Telangana and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Acanthaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Atukkuk Kurunku.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ecbolium viride var. viride
- Genus
- Ecbolium
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous and scrub forests
- Distribution
- India, Africa, Sri Lanka, Malaya, Nepal
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Telangana, Goa
- 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 Atukkuk Kurunku itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- GreenrecordedGreen or greenish
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Atukkuk Kurunku itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Bengali
- নীলকন্ঠ Neelakantha
- Tamil
- அடுக்குக் குருங்கு Atukkuk Kurunku, நீலாம்பரம் Neelaamparam, நீலாம்பரி Neelampari
- Kannada
- ಕಪ್ಪುಬೊಬಿಲಿ Kappubobbili, ಕಪ್ಪುಕರ್ಣಿ Kappukarni, ನೆಲ ಅಬ್ಬೊಲಿಗೆ Nela Abbolige
- Malayalam
- കൊരണ്ട Koranda, നീലകരുംകുറുഞ്ഞി Neelakarumkurunji, നീലാംമ്പരം Neelammbaram
- Marathi
- रान अबोली Raan Aboli
- Assamese
- নীলকণ্ঠ ফুল
About Atukkuk Kurunku
A member of the Acanthaceae family, Green Shrimp Plant (Ecbolium viride var. viride) is a low shrub. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and 2 other states. It grows in dry deciduous and scrub forests. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Acanthaceae
Acanthus family
Atukkuk Kurunku belongs to the Acanthaceae family.
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