Description:
Acanthaceae (acanthus or ruellia family) »
Ecbolium ligustrinum ek-BOW-lee-um -- from the Greek ecbole (throwing out) lig-UST-ree-num -- resembles ligustrum (privet) commonly known as: blue fox tail nail dye, green ice crossandra, green shrimp plant, turquoise crossandra • Hindi: उदजति udajati • Kannada: ಕಪ್ಪುಆಬ್ಬೊಲಿ kappu abboli, ಕಪ್ಪುಕುರ್ಣಿ kappukurni • Konkani: रोरीझाड rorijhada • Malayalam: കരിമകുറുഞ്ഞി karimkurunni, ഒടിയമടന്ത otiyamatantha • Marathi: धाकटा अडुळसा dhakta adulsa, एकबोली ekboli, रान आबोली ran aboli • Oriya: piccokatho • Sanskrit: नील सहचरः nila sahacharah, सहचरः sahacharah, सैरीयकः sairiyakah • Tamil: நீலாம்பரி nilampari • Telugu: నక్కతోక nakkatoka, పచ్చవాదంబరము paccavadambaramu Native of: India, Sri Lanka, ? References:
Flowers of India •
The Plant List •
JNSF •
ENVIS - FRLHT •
efloraofindia. Date: 26 November 2011, 09:35. Source:
Green Shrimp Plant. Author:
Dinesh Valke from Thane, India. Camera location
19° 02′ 47.7″ N, 73° 02′ 44.23″ E View all coordinates using:
OpenStreetMap 19.046583; 73.045619.