Spreading Justicia
Justicia diffusa
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Spreading Justicia
Identify Spreading Justicia by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Acanthaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Spreading Justicia.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Justicia diffusa
- Genus
- Justicia
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- On hills above 800m on bare slopes, in Evergreen forests, also near water courses in grasslands
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- South and Southeast Asia
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Meghalaya, Assam, Goa, Arunachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Manipur, Odisha, Mizoram, Punjab, Puducherry, Bihar, Nagaland, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Chandigarh, Haryana, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Daman & Diu
- 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 Spreading Justicia itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Spreading Justicia itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- அகான்தசுத் தாவரப்பேரினம், முண்மூலிகைக் குடும்பம்
- Telugu
- అకాంథేసి
- Malayalam
- അകാന്തസ്, അക്കാന്തേസീ
- Nepali
- असुरो
About Spreading Justicia
Spreading Justicia (Justicia diffusa) belongs to the Acanthaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala and 31 other states. It grows in on hills above 800m on bare slopes, in Evergreen forests, also near water courses in grasslands. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Acanthaceae
Acanthus family
Spreading Justicia belongs to the Acanthaceae family.
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