Common Name- Squirrel’s tail
Botanical Name- Justica betonica
Classification:
Kingdom- Plantae
Unranked- Angiosperm
Unranked- Eudicots
Unranked- Asterides
Order - Lamiales
Family - Acanthaceae
Genus - Justica
Species - betonica
Key Characters:
1- A diffusely branched more or less decumbent under shrub 2-4 ft.
2- Stem cylindrical, striate, with swollen nodes, often tinged with purple above the nodes.
3- Corolla ½ in long inch, pubscent outside, dull white or pale pink,2-lipped, about ½ way dowm, upper lip erect, emarginated, cover lip deffexed 3-lobed.
4- Androeium- Filament hairy at their insertion, otherwise glabrous, lower anther cell with long acute spur.
Common Name- Karvi
Botanical Name- Strobilanthes callosus
Classification:
Kingdom- Plantae
Unranked- Angiosperm
Unranked- Eudicots
Unranked- Asterids
Order - Lamiales
Family - Acanthaceae
Genus - Strobilanthes
Species - callosus
Key Characters:
1- It is shrub, 6-20 ft height and 2.5 inches in diameter.
2- Leaves are home to severey insect including caterpillars.
3- Leaves are oppositely arranged, elliptical-lancelike toothed and 10-20 cm long.
4- Leaves are light poisonous toxic and unfit for human consumption.
5- leaf extract juice to cure for stomach ailments
Common Name- Indian asystasia
Botanical Name- Asystasia indica
Classification:
Kingdom- Plantae
Phyllum - Magnoliophyta
Class - Magnoliopsida
Order - Lamiales
Family - Acanthaceae
Genus - Asystasia
Species - indica
Key Characters:
1- It is glandular hairy herb.
2- Branch stem are quandrangular.
3- Leaves are stalk ovate with tapering tip.
4- Flowers are 1-1.5 cm across.
5- Strongly purple violet spotted lip petal.
6- Flowers are funnel-shaaped with 5 petals.
6- Flowering in November and December.
Common Name- Kate koranti, Dev koranti Botanical Name- Barleria glandiflora
Classification:
Kingdom - Plantae
Family - Acanthaceae
Genus - Barleria
Species - glandiflora
Key Characters:
1- It is stout perennial herb, growing 1-2 m high.
2- Several branches arise from the bases which are swollen and hairy at the node.
3- Oppositely elliptic lance like leaves are 10-20 cm long.
4- Solitary white flowers occur in the leaf axils.
5- Flower tube is 8-12 cm long and funnel shaped. Common Name- Angel wings, Sweet vine clock
Botanical Name- Thunbergia fragrance Roxb
Classification:
Kingdom - Plantae
Unranked - Angiosperms
Unranked - Eudicots
Unranked - Asterids
Order - Lamiales
Family - Acanthaceae
Genus - Thunbergia
Species - fragrance
Key Characters:
1- The slender, spreading creeper.
1- Stem is slender four angled that are somewhat hairy when young.
3- Leaves are oppositely arranged have narrow shaped bases.
4- Flowers are sub ended by two leafy bracts that are either egg-shaped in outline.
5- The fruit is an almost rounded capsule topped with a long thick beak.
Common Name- Bhui Karvi
Botanical Name- Strobilanthes reticulata
Classification:
Kingdom - Plantae
Unranked- Angiosperm
Unranked- Eudicots
Unranked- Asterids
Order - Lamiales
Family - Acanthaceae
Genus - Strobilanthes
Species - reticulata
Key Characters:
1- Hill cone head is a perennial shrub, growing to 1-2 ft tall.
2- Many quadrangular branches arise from the base and spread into a hemispherical shape.
3- Oppositely arranged ovate, acute leaves are covered with stiff hairs.
4- Petals are crisp and rounded, flowers once in 7 years.