Konkan Eranthemum
Eranthemum capense
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala, Meghalaya
- Flowering
- September-April
How to identify Konkan Eranthemum
Identify Konkan Eranthemum 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 shape: Elliptic.
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: Blue.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Panicle.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: September-April.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Kerala, Meghalaya.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Eranthemum capense
- Genus
- Eranthemum
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests and sacred groves
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India, Sri Lanka
- Distribution
- Peninsular India and Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala, Meghalaya
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- EllipticrecordedWidest at the middle, tapering evenly at both ends.“Elliptical, pointed leaves are dark green.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Konkan Eranthemum itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Bluerecorded
- Flower arrangement
- PaniclerecordedA branching cluster of clusters.“Infloreascence is apical or axillary panicles or spikes.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fruit type
- CapsulerecordedA dry fruit from a fused ovary that splits open at maturity to release seeds.“Capsules are oblong, four compressed, gyroscopically hairy seeds.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Konkan Eranthemum itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- എറാന്തെമം കാപെൻസ്
About Konkan Eranthemum
A member of the Acanthaceae family, Konkan Eranthemum (Eranthemum capense) is a low shrub. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Kerala and Meghalaya. It grows in semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests and sacred groves. Flowering and fruiting run from September to April.
Acanthaceae
Acanthus family
Konkan Eranthemum belongs to the Acanthaceae family.
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