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| Flora of |
Jammu |
| Botanical name |
Crossandra
infundibuliformis
(L.) Nees |
| Synonyms |
Justicia infundibuliformis L.Crossandra undulaefolia Salisb. |
| Family |
Acanthaceae |
| Plant Stage |
Flowering |
| Place of collection |
RRL Nursery |
| Altitude (m) |
300 |
| Date of Collection |
3-09-1963 |
| Accession No. |
9911 |
| Total Accessions |
3 |
| Shelf PlacementCup-Board No./ Pigeon holeNo.: |
2/c |
| Remarks A small glabrous, evergreen undershrub, up to 1 (-1.5) m tall with terete branchlets. Leaves crowded near the spike, on 1-4 cm long petiole; lamina ovate-elliptic to lanceolate-oblong, 5-10 x 2-5 cm, basally attenuate, glabrous, margin undulate-crenate, acute at tips. Spikes dense, terminal and axillary, up to 15 cm long. Flowers bright orange-scarlet with yellow throat; bracts lanceolate, 12-15 x 4-5 mm |
| Identified by |
A.K. Dutt |
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