{"id":1463847,"date":"2022-02-17T13:06:01","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T07:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/?p=1463847"},"modified":"2024-12-23T16:10:59","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T10:40:59","slug":"andrographis-elongata","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/andrographis-elongata\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrographis elongata"},"content":{"rendered":"

Andrographis elongata\u00a0<\/i>(Vahl) T. Anders., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9: 502 1867<\/cite>. (syn: Cryptophragmium cordifolium<\/em>\u00a0Nees<\/a>; Cryptophragmium elongatum<\/em>\u00a0Nees<\/a>; Justicia clandestina<\/em>\u00a0Russell ex Wall.<\/a>; Justicia cordifolia<\/em>\u00a0B.Heyne ex Wall.<\/a>; Justicia elongata<\/em>\u00a0Vahl<\/a>);
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\nS. India<\/span> as per POWO<\/a>;
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\nCommon name:<\/b>\u00a0Long Raceme False-Waterwillow
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Erect herbs up to 2 m long<\/span> with divaricate branches; stem stout, tetragonous, pubescent. Leaves opposite, 1.5-3 x .5-1.5 cm, ovate, acute, rounded and then decurrent at base, slightly pubescent; lateral veins 3-4 pairs; petioles less than .5 cm long. Racemes axillary, branches elongated, peduncle up to 12 cm long pubescent; flowers distant; pedicels very short or 0. Calyx 5-lobed, lobes very slender, 2-4 mm long, glandular pubescent. Corolla white, apparently pink, obscurely 2-lobed, 3-8 x 3-5 mm across, glandular hairy without. Stamens 2, to 1.3 cm long, puberulous, 1.4 cm; anthers 2 mm long, glabrous. Ovary oblong, 1 cm long, puberulous; style 1.2 cm long, hairy. Capsule 1.5-2 x .1-.2 cm long, oblong, compressed, minutely hairy acute. seeds 8-12, c. 1 mm long, ovoid, pale brown.<\/span>
\nFlowering and fruiting: March-May<\/span>
\nMoist deciduous forests<\/span>
\n(Attributions: Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi as per India Biodiversity Portal<\/a>)
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\nSwamy\/New series\/ID\/55 – Acanthaceae<\/a>: 7 images.
\nI am forwarding herewith a set of photographs received from Chennai.<\/span> Growing on a farm land.<\/span> Please ID the plant. The flowers have similarity to Andrographis<\/em> species.<\/p>\n

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Andrographis elongata\u00a0<\/i>(Vahl) T.Anderson<\/p>\n

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\nYour ID\u00a0 seems to be correct.
\nForwarding 2 more photographs.<\/p>\n

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References:
\nPOWO<\/a> \u00a0Catalogue of Life<\/a>\u00a0 The Plant List Ver.1.1<\/a> \u00a0IPNI<\/a>\u00a0 GBIF<\/a> (High resolution specimens) Flora of peninsular India<\/a> Flowers of India<\/a>\u00a0 India Biodiversity Portal<\/a> \u00a0Kerala plants<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Andrographis elongata\u00a0(Vahl) T. Anders., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9: 502 1867. (syn: Cryptophragmium cordifolium\u00a0Nees; Cryptophragmium elongatum\u00a0Nees; Justicia clandestina\u00a0Russell ex Wall.; Justicia cordifolia\u00a0B.Heyne ex Wall.; Justicia elongata\u00a0Vahl); . S. India as per POWO; . Common name:\u00a0Long Raceme False-Waterwillow . Erect herbs up to 2 m long with divaricate branches; stem stout,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[5142],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1463847","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-andrographis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1463847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1463847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1463847\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1463847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1463847"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1463847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}