''Dicliptera raui'' (a.k.a. ''Peristrophe speciosa'') is a

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

in the family

Acanthaceae Acanthaceae is a family (the acanthus family) of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing almost 250 genera and about 2500 species. Most are tropical herbs, shrubs, or twining vines; some are epiphytes. Only a few species are distributed in te ...

Description

This species is a broad-leafed shrub with greyish stems and elliptic leaves that are approximately 8 cm. It has purple-pink flowers.

Distribution

It is a native of

Northern India North India is a loosely defined region consisting of the northern part of India. The dominant geographical features of North India are the Indo-Gangetic Plain and the Himalayas, which demarcate the region from the Tibetan Plateau and Central ...

to Bangladesh and occurs in the foothills of the central & eastern

Himalayas The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the planet's highest peaks, including the very highest, Mount Everest. Over 100 ...

up 1,600 metres elevation.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2883790 Acanthaceae Lamiales of Asia Flora of Assam (region) Flora of Bangladesh Flora of East Himalaya Flora of Nepal Flora of West Himalaya