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The leaves of a plant growing in the open are generally very prickly Photograph by: Vengolis

Taxonomical Classification

Kingdom: Plantae - Plants
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision: Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Acanthus
Species: Acanthus ilicifolius

Allied species:

(Syn: Acanthus doloarin Blanco; Acanthus ilicifolius var. subinteger Nees; Acanthus neoguineensis Engl.; Dilivaria ilicifolia (L.) Juss.);

VERNACULAR NAMES

Sanskrit: Harikusa
English: holy leafed acanthus , Holy Mangrove, Sea Holly
Hindi: Hargoza
Urdu: هڙکت harkata
Telugu: Alasyakampa
Bengali: Harkuchkanta, Kentki
Marathi: मारांडी Marandi, Nivagur
Konkani: Moramdo
Oriya: Harkamcli
Tamil: Kaludaimulli
Malayalam: ചുള്ളി chulli, ചുള്ളിക്കണ്ടൽ chullikkantal, പയിങ്ങാച്ചുള്ളി Payinachhulli
Kannada: Mulluchulli
Japanese: Akansasu irikiforiusu.
Chinese: Lao shu le.
French: Feuille Saintes dAcanthe
German: Stechpalmenblättrige Bärenklau
Burma: Kaya,khayat,kayoro
Sinhalese: Katu ikili, ikiri
Tulu: ತುದೆಚುಳ್ಳಿ tudechulli

Varities:

Three species of Acanthus were recorded in the mangroves of South China, including Acanthus ebracteatus Vahl, Acanthus ebracteatus var. xiamenensis (R.T.Zhang) C.Y.Wu & C.C.Hu (Deng et al. 2006.) and Acanthus ilicifolius L. However, Acanthus ebracteatus var. xiamenensis has been combined with Acanthus ilicifolius in 2008 (Hou and Lu 2008). Only Acanthus ilicifolius is recorded in the Pearl River Region.

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