Muttakannikurinji / Lurid Coneflower
Strobilanthes luridus
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
- Flowering
- December-April
How to identify Muttakannikurinji
Identify Muttakannikurinji 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 shape: Ovate.
- Confirm leaf surface: Pubescent.
- Confirm flower colour: Purple.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: December-April.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Karnataka.
- Confirm it sits within the Acanthaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Muttakannikurinji.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Strobilanthes luridus
- Genus
- Strobilanthes
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Evergreen and shola forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- OvaterecordedEgg-shaped, broader near the base.“Oppositely arranged saw tooth margin, ovate-elliptic leaves are blunt towards base.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- PubescentrecordedCovered in short, soft hairs.“5cm long leaf stalks are slightly hairy.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Muttakannikurinji 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 Muttakannikurinji itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- മുട്ടകന്നികുരിന്ജീ Muttakannikurinji
About Muttakannikurinji
Lurid Coneflower (Strobilanthes luridus) is a shrub in the Acanthaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. It grows in evergreen and shola forests. Flowering and fruiting run from December to April.
Acanthaceae
Acanthus family
Muttakannikurinji belongs to the Acanthaceae family.
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