Group: 1 Angiosperms (Flowering Plants) - I - Dicotyledons
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Acanthus
Common sinhala name
Habit
Shrub or Large, prickly herb, 70-150 cm.
Origin
Exotic - Naturalized
Conservation status
N/A
Legal status
N/A
Similar species
All vernacular names
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Acanthus montanus (Nees) T.Anderson
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FlowerSL (ID-PMR) Jacob de Vlas (ID-JdV)- IDA 100%
Flowers white to pinkish-white, surrounded by spiny bracts. Inflorescence a cylindrical spike, -20 cm long. Leaves opposite, glossy, deeply pinnately lobed with spiny edges. Cultivated, possibly escaping. (JdV)
Native to West-Africa, cultivated because of its ornamental and medicinal properties. Naturalizing in other parts of SE Asia. (JdV)
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