Atrilal / Panicled Foldwing
Peristrophe paniculata
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand
- Flowering
- October-March
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Peristrophe paniculata
- Genus
- Peristrophe
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Scrub forests, waste places under shaded areas and deciduous forests
- Distribution
- India, Myanmar, Tropical Africa
- Found in India
- Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Atrilal 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 Atrilal itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Assamese
- কাকজংঘা kakajangha, নাক ভঙা naka bhanga
- Bengali
- নাসাভাঙ্গা nasabhanga
- Gujarati
- બોડી અઘાડી bodi aghadi, કાકજંઘા kakajangha, કાળી અઘેડી kali aghedi
- Hindi
- अत्रिलाल atrilal, काकजंघा kakajangha, काकनाडी kakanadi, मसी masi, नसभंगा nasabhanga
- Kachchhi
- કારી અઘેડી kari aghedi, લસી અઘેડી lasi aghedi
- Kannada
- ಚೀಬೀ ಗಿಡ cheebee gida, ಸೀಬಿ ಗಿಡ sibi gida
- Malayalam
- കാട്ടുപുഴുക്കൊല്ലി kattupuzhukkolli
- Manipuri
- ꯈꯨꯃꯥꯟ ꯂꯥꯡꯊ꯭ꯔꯩ Khuman langthrei
- Marathi
- काकजंघा kakajangha, पित्तपापडा pittpapada, रान किरायत ran kirayat
- Sanskrit
- काकजङ्घा kakajangha, काकतिक्ता kakatikta, नदीकान्ता nadikanta, प्रचीबल prachibala, सुलोमशा sulomasha
- Santali
- barge khode baha
- Sindhi
- નઝપત najhpat
- Tamil
- காரக்காஞ்சிரம் kara-k-kanciram
- Telugu
- చేబీరా chebeera
About Atrilal
Panicled Foldwing (Peristrophe paniculata) is a herb in the Acanthaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand. It grows in scrub forests, waste places under shaded areas and deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from October to March.
Acanthaceae
Acanthus family
Atrilal belongs to the Acanthaceae family.
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