Justicia beddomei (C.B. Clarke) Bennet
ചിറ്റാടലോടകം


Family: ACANTHACEAE
Sub-Family: Not available
English Name: Not available
Synonym: Not available
Common Name: Cheriya-adalodakam
Flowering & Fruiting Period: September - January
Distribution: Southern Western Ghats
Habitat: Cultivated
Uses: Ayurvedic
Key Characteristics: Diffusely branched more or less decumbent subshrubs; stem cylindrical, with swollen nodes. Leaves simple, opposite, ovate, entire at margins.Flowers in terminal spikes.Calyx 5-partite; segments linear-lanceolate.Corolla pubescent outside, dull white, 2-lipped; upper lip erect emarginated; lower lip deflexed, 3-lobed.Stamens 4.Ovary 2-celled, ovules 2 in each cell; style pubescent.Capsule broadly clavate; seeds 4.