Spiny-Leaf Lepidagathis
Lepidagathis pungens
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
How to identify Spiny-Leaf Lepidagathis
Identify Spiny-Leaf Lepidagathis 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 surface: Spiny.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu.
- Confirm it sits within the Acanthaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Spiny-Leaf Lepidagathis.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Lepidagathis pungens
- Genus
- Lepidagathis
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Dry localities in plains
- Habitat type
- Plains
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Spinyrecorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Spiny-Leaf Lepidagathis 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 Spiny-Leaf Lepidagathis itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Spiny-Leaf Lepidagathis
Spiny-Leaf Lepidagathis (Lepidagathis pungens) belongs to the Acanthaceae family, where it grows as a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu. It grows in dry localities in plains.
Acanthaceae
Acanthus family
Spiny-Leaf Lepidagathis belongs to the Acanthaceae family.
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