- Family:
- Acanthaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Eranthemum L.
Eranthemum pulchellum Andrews

[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.
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, Windward Is.
- Daedalacanthus nervosus (Vahl) T.Anderson
- Daedalacanthus scaber T.Anderson
- Eranthemum asperum Hook.f.
- Eranthemum edgeworthianum Nees
- Eranthemum grandiflorum Zipp. ex Span.
- Eranthemum nervosum (Vahl) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult.
- Eranthemum pulchellum var. varians (Vent.) (Vent.)
- Eranthemum scabrum Wall. ex T.Anderson
- Eranthemum varians Billb.
- Justicia bicolor Sims
- Justicia colorata Vahl ex Nees
- Justicia gendarussa Blanco
- Justicia nervosa Vahl
- Pseuderanthemum asperum (Hook.f.) Radlk.
- Pseuderanthemum pulchellum (Andrews) Merr.
- Ruellia varians Vent.
- Siphoneranthemum nervosum Kuntze
- Upudalia pulchella (Andrews) Raf.
Eranthemum pulchellum Andrews appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Wallich, N. [2493], Bangladesh | K000882642 | Yes | |||
Wallich, N. [2493] | K000882641 | Yes | |||
Glaziou [17165], Brazil | Justicia nervosa | K001033382 | Yes |
First published in Bot. Repos. 2: t. 88 (1800)
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