Andrographis paniculata (Burm.f.) Wall. ex Nees
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Acanthaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Annual, erect, glabrous below, glandular above, 3-6 dm. high, simple or branched, the stem 4-sided. Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, membranous, 4-10 cm. long, acuminate at the apex, narrowed at the base into short petioles; racemes commonly numerous, slender, often branched, or paniculate; flowers secund, distant, purple; pedicels slender, 4-8 mm. long; calyx about 3 mm. long, its segments linear-lanceolate, acuminate; corolla 3-4 times as long as the calyx; capsule about 1.5 cm. long.
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Distribution
Waste grounds on New Providence : Cuba ; Dominica to Barbados ; Jamaica ; Panama; naturalized from the East Indies. Andrographis.
New Providence Bahamas South America| Cuba South America| Dominica South America| Barbados South America| Jamaica South America| Canal Zone Panamá Central America| Asia|