Yellow Jacobinia
Justicia aurea
- Found in India
- Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu & more
How to identify Yellow Jacobinia
Identify Yellow Jacobinia by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Bright yellow flower spikes.
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Acanthaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Yellow Jacobinia.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Justicia aurea
- Genus
- Justicia
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Found in India
- Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Sikkim, Telangana
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Yellow Jacobinia itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Yellow Jacobinia itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Yellow Jacobinia
Yellow Jacobinia (Justicia aurea) is a species in the Acanthaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and 3 other states.
Acanthaceae
Acanthus family
Yellow Jacobinia belongs to the Acanthaceae family.
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