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Flora of |
Jammu |
Botanical name |
Strobilanthes
atropurpureus
Nees |
Synonyms |
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Family |
Acanthaceae |
Plant Stage |
Flowering |
Place of collection |
Chhanji Chhat, Katra |
Altitude (m) |
2050 |
Date of Collection |
13-01-1960 |
Accession No. |
7409 |
Total Accessions |
4 |
Shelf PlacementCup-Board No./ Pigeon hole No. |
1/c |
Remarks An erect, up to 90 cm, perennial shrublet. Leaves almost glabrous, subsessile or with up to 8 cm long, winged petiole; lamina of lower leaves on sterile shoots elliptic-oblong, 25-30 x 6-8 cm. Flowers blue to dark blackish-blue, 2.5-3 cm across, solitary or paired, in interrupted leafy, up to 15 cm long spikes |
Identified by |
A.K Dutt |
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