Aati Soppu / Wayanad Justicia
Justicia wynaadensis
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra
- Flowering
- November-March
How to identify Aati Soppu
Identify Aati Soppu by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Confirm leaf arrangement: Opposite.
- Confirm leaf shape: Lanceolate.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: November-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Maharashtra.
- Confirm it sits within the Acanthaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Aati Soppu.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Justicia wynaadensis
- Genus
- Justicia
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Evergreen and moist deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra
- Flowering & fruiting
- November-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- OppositerecordedTwo leaves arise from the stem at the same point, facing each other.“Its leaves are opposite, elliptic-lanceolate, ranging 5 to 10 cm long with 6 to 8 pairs of prominent veins.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf shape
- LanceolaterecordedLong and narrow, tapering to a point, like a lance head.“Its leaves are opposite, elliptic-lanceolate, ranging 5 to 10 cm long with 6 to 8 pairs of prominent veins.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Aati Soppu 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 Aati Soppu itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Kodava
- ಆಟಿ ಸೊಪ್ಪು Aati soppu, ಮದ್ದು ತೊಪ್ಪು Maddu toppu
About Aati Soppu
A member of the Acanthaceae family, Wayanad Justicia (Justicia wynaadensis) is a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka and Maharashtra. It grows in evergreen and moist deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from November to March.
Acanthaceae
Acanthus family
Aati Soppu belongs to the Acanthaceae family.
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