This species has to be *Justicia diffusa* Willd. on account of: 1) Woody herb 2) Branchlets striate 3) Calyx 4 4) Bracts much shorter than calyx 5) Bracts ovate with scarious margin 6) Oblong and glabrous capsule
These characters match the following description <http://florakarnataka.ces.iisc.ernet.in/hjcb2/img/pdf/Justicia%20diffusa/page_572.pdf.jpg> and herbarium <http://florakarnataka.ces.iisc.ernet.in/hjcb2/img/herb/Justicia%20diffusa/IMG_2795.JPG> . Thank you. On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 5:10 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id assistance please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > Justicia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/a/acanthaceae/justicia>- > species in eFIoraofindia (with details/ keys from published papers/ > regional floras/ FRLHT/ FOI/ efloras/ books etc., where ever available) > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Anurag Sharma <[email protected]> > Date: 15 March 2015 at 10:54 > Subject: [efloraofindia:218076] Acanthaceae fortnight ANMAR18/39 Justicia > sp. for identification > To: [email protected] > > > I think this may be the same one as in this post > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/indiantreepix/Acanthaceae$20fortnight$20ANMAR15$2F36$20Please$20identify$20this$20herb/indiantreepix/jfo_QZ4YD5A/S4Mg9J0VTYIJ>. > They were clicked about 2 months apart in different forests outside > Bangalore. > > Family: Acanthaceae > Date: October, 2014 > Place: Nandi Hills, Bangalore, Karnataka > Habit: Herb > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as > per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- more than 2400 members & 2,00,000 messages on 9.9.14) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 10,000 species & 2,00,000 images). Winner of > Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- Anurag N. Sharma BSc. (CBZ) 2nd Year St. Josephs College Bangalore -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
