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Calacanthus grandiflorus
About
Calacanthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae. It contains a single species, Calacanthus grandiflorus. It is endemic to the Western Ghats of western India, in the states Maharashtra, Goa, and Karnataka. It typically grows on moist sunny slopes, including in clumps near streams and on ridge tops, along forest edges, and in shrublands, from 550 to 1,000 metres elevation.
- Family
- Acanthaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Calacanthus grandiflorus
- Slug
- calacanthus-grandiflorus
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Calacanthus
- Species
- grandiflorus
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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