Eranthemum capense

Eranthemum capense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Acanthaceae
Genus:	Eranthemum
Species:	E. capense
Binomial name
	Eranthemum capense; L.
Synonyms
	List Daedalacanthus capensis (L.) Druce ; Daedalacanthus fastigiatus (Lam.) Alston ; Daedalacanthus montanus (Roxb.) T.Anderson ; Eranthemum capense var. wightianum (Wall. ex Nees) Karthik. & Moorthy ; Eranthemum fastigiatum (Lam.) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult. ; Eranthemum montanum (Roxb.) Roxb. ; Eranthemum wightianum Wall. ex Nees ; Justicia divaricata Wall. ; Justicia fastigiata Lam. ; Justicia montana Roxb. ; Justicia pulchella Wight ex Wall. ; Ruellia varians B.Heyne ex Wall. ;

Eranthemum capense or Konkan Eranthemum is a perennial shrub belonging to the family Acanthaceae.

Habit and Habitat

They grow in seasonally dry tropical biome. ^[2]^[1] They are seen growing in the semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests and sacred groves of Western Ghats & Eastern Ghats. ^[3]

Description

It is a subshrub growing up to 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in). Elliptical, pointed leaves are dark green. Infloreascence is apical or axillary panicles or spikes. Capsules are oblong, four compressed, gygroscopically hairy seeds.^[2] ^[3]