Eranthemum capense or Konkan Eranthemum is a perennial shrub belonging to the family Acanthaceae.
They grow in seasonally dry tropical biome. [1] [2] They are seen growing in the semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests and sacred groves of Western Ghats & Eastern Ghats. [3]
It is a subshrub growing up to . Elliptical, pointed leaves are dark green. Infloreascence is apical or axillary panicles or spikes. Capsules are oblong, four compressed, gygroscopically hairy seeds.