Magenta Plant
Peristrophe bicalyculata
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Uttarakhand, Delhi & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Magenta Plant
Identify Magenta Plant 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: Pubescent (softly hairy).
- Confirm flower colour: Purple.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Gujarat, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Karnataka and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Acanthaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Magenta Plant.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Peristrophe bicalyculata
- Genus
- Peristrophe
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Distribution
- India, sub-tropical Himalayas, China, Malaya Peninsula, Nepal, Tropical Africa
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Magenta Plant itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Magenta Plant itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Magenta Plant
A member of the Acanthaceae family, Magenta Plant (Peristrophe bicalyculata) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Gujarat, Uttarakhand, Delhi and 11 other states. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Acanthaceae
Acanthus family
Magenta Plant belongs to the Acanthaceae family.
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