Acrocephalus indicus
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Description
Slender annual herb, up to 1 m.
Leaves elliptic to narrowly lanceolate, 2-5.5 by 0.5-1 cm, acute, base attenuate, margin remotely serrate, glabrous or glabrescent on both surfaces, glandular beneath;
Flowers in terminal and upper axillary spurious heads or short dense spikes, 5-15 mm across, up to 3 or 4 cm long, subtended at the base with 2 or several leafy bracts;
Stamens 4, in 2 pairs, epicorolline.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Assam (Assam present); India present; Thailand (Thailand present), Continental SE. Asia present, S. China present
Continental SE. Asia (India, Assam, Thailand, Indo-China to S. China) and throughout Malesia.
Citation
BTH. 1832: Lab. Gen. Sp.: 23
Hook.f. 1885 – In: Fl. Br. Ind.: 611
BACK. & BAKH. f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 638
HASSK. 1844: Cat. Hort. Bog.: 128
Miq. 1858 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 941
F.-VILL. 1880: Nov. App.: 163
BTH. 1848 – In: DC., Prod. 12: 47
O.K. 1973: Atlas: t. 541
ZOLL. 1845 – In: Nat. Geneesk. Arch. N. I.: 591
MUKERJEE 1940 – In: Rec. Bot. Surv. India: 29
Ridl. 1923 – In: Fl. Mal. Pen.: 644
Miq. 1859 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 961
Merr. 1912 – In: Philip. J. Sc.: Bot. 101
BACK. 1931: Onkr. Suiker.: 570
BTH. 1832: Lab. Gen. Sp.: 23
KUDO 1929 – In: Mem. Fac. Sc. & Agr. Taihoku Un.: 109
Merr. 1923 – In: En. Philip.: 421
MOR. 1846: Syst. Verz.: 55
BTH. 1830–1831 – In: Wall., Pl. As. Rar. 2: 18
O.K. 1923 – In: En. Philip.: 421
KENG 1969: p. 26. – In: Gard. Bull. Sing.: f. 2, incl.f. spicatus (C.B.ROB.) KENG.