Abstract

A REVIEW ON HAPLANTHODES VERTICILLATA

Pranav Sonawane*, Saurabh Khairnar, Divya Shinde and Hemangi Aher

Abstract

One of the 24 families of flowering plants in the mint group (Lamiales) is Acanthaceae. The tall annual plant known as ―spiny bottle brush‖ only reaches a height of almost half a meter. Leaves are oppositely oriented, oval, thin, and 5–10 cm long. The tips of the leaves are tipped with two spinous teeth and covered in long, spreading hairs. In the leaf axils, stalkless flowers are clustered close to the tip of the stem. Although the flowers appear to have five petals, they actually only have two, which are lobed in two and three ways. The flowers are dark blue in hue with a pale green throat. Usually found on steep slopes in the Western Ghats. November–January is flowering time.

Keywords: Acanthaceae, Spiny bottle brush, Haplanthoda, plants, Folwers, etc.