✿Acanthaceae · Peristrophe
Magenta Plant
Peristrophe bicalyculata
Herboutdoor
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Uttarakhand, Delhi & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
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.
Botanical family
Acanthaceae
Acanthus family
Magenta Plant belongs to the Acanthaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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