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''Acanthus ilicifolius'', commonly known as holly-leaved acanthus, sea holly, and holy mangrove is a species of shrubs or herbs, of the plant family Pharmacographica indica page 58
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The plant grows as a shrub, up to tall. It has shallow tap roots and occasionally develops a stilt root. Fruits are kidney-shaped.
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 tem ...
, native to Australia, Australasia, and Southeast Asia. It is used as medicine in asthma and rheumatism./ref>
Description
The plant grows as a shrub, up to tall. It has shallow tap roots and occasionally develops a stilt root. Fruits are kidney-shaped.
Distribution and habitat
The species is widespread Southeast Asia, Indochina, Indonesia, the Philippines and northern Australia. It occurs inmangrove
A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows in coastal saline or brackish water. The term is also used for tropical coastal vegetation consisting of such species. Mangroves are taxonomically diverse, as a result of convergent evolution in severa ...
habitats.
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ilicifolius Plants described in 1753 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Acanthaceae-stub