Biology:Blepharis maderaspatensis

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Short description: Species of blepharis

Blepharis maderaspatensis
(Blepharis maderaspatensis) at Kambalakonda 04.JPG
Blepharis maderaspatensis at Kambalakonda Wildlife Sanctuary
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Blepharis
Species:
B. maderaspatensis
Binomial name
Blepharis maderaspatensis
(L.) B.Heyne ex Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 320. (1821)
Synonyms
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(Blepharis maderaspatensis) at Kambalakonda 08.JPG

Blepharis maderaspatensis is a species of suffrutescent herb in the family Acanthaceae found in seasonally dry to arid habitats from Africa over Arabia to Southeast Asia.[1][2][3][4][5]

Distribution

The species is native to continental Africa, Arabia and tropical parts of Asia: the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia and Hainan in China.

Description

Maderaspatensis is described as being a  scrambling, suffrutescent perennial herb which can stem up to 2.5 m in height with whorled four hairy leaves that are elliptic of size  2–9(–12.5) × 0.8–3.5(–5) cm, at each node, with axillary spike inflorescence. and white flowers 1/2 inches long found in the clustered form .[6]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5730213 entry