Family:
Acanthaceae Juss.
Genus:
Eranthemum L.

Eranthemum pulchellum Andrews

This species is accepted, and its native range is Himalaya to Indo-China. It is has environmental uses, as a medicine and for food.

[UPFC]
Distribution
Elevation range: 1450–1450 m a.s.l. Cultivated in Colombia. Colombian departments: Valle del Cauca.
Habit
Subshrub.

[CPLC]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Cultivada en Colombia; Alt. 1450 m.
Morphology General Habit
Subarbusto

[FZ]

Flora Zambesiaca Acanthaceae (part 2) by Iain Darbyshire, Kaj Vollesen and Ensermu Kelbessa

Morphology General Habit
Shrub; cystoliths present.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves ovate or elliptic, base and apex attenuate, lateral veins and scalariform tertiary veins prominent beneath.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers held in dense spikes, terminal and in upper axils; bracts showy, imbricate, white or silverish with green pinnate-reticulate venation, ± elliptic, 14–20 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx of 5 ± equal lanceolate lobes shorter than bracts.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla blue, salver-shaped, tube narrowly cylindrical, curved, to c.20 mm long; limb of 5 subequal spreading lobes to c.10 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens 2, exserted, bithecous, thecae at equal height; staminodes 2, minute.
Distribution
Native of the Indian subcontinent. Widely cultivated in the tropics.
Vernacular
Blue Sage.

[UPFC]
Use Environmental
Environmental uses.
Use Food
Used for food.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya

Introduced into:

Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Florida, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Marianas, New Caledonia, Solomon Is., Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Windward Is.

Eranthemum pulchellum Andrews appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Wallich, N. [2493], Bangladesh K000882642
Wallich, N. [2493] K000882641
Glaziou [17165], Brazil Justicia nervosa K001033382

First published in Bot. Repos. 2: t. 88 (1800)

Accepted by

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Literature

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

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Flora Zambesiaca

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Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots' Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
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Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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