Purple Justicia
Justicia procumbens
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala & more
- Flowering
- June-March
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Justicia procumbens
- Genus
- Justicia
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Scrub jungles
- Habitat type
- Scrub
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Malaya, Australia
- 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
- June-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- EllipticrecordedWidest at the middle, tapering evenly at both ends.“This is a prostrate perennial herb with elliptic leaves.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Purple Justicia itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
- Fruit type
- CapsulerecordedA dry fruit from a fused ovary that splits open at maturity to release seeds.“Fruit capsule is hairy.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Purple Justicia itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- கோடகசாலை, அகான்தசுத் தாவரப்பேரினம், முண்மூலிகைக் குடும்பம்
- Telugu
- అకాంథేసి
- Malayalam
- അകാന്തസ്, അക്കാന്തേസീ
- Nepali
- असुरो
About Purple Justicia
A member of the Acanthaceae family, Purple Justicia (Justicia procumbens) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala and 31 other states. It grows in scrub jungles. Flowering and fruiting run from June to March.
Acanthaceae
Acanthus family
Purple Justicia belongs to the Acanthaceae family.
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