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Rungia muralis
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Family:
ACANTHACEAE
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Citation: Rungia muralis Nees in DC., Prodr. 11: 470. 1847; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 289. 1985; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 311. 1989; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 235. 2002.
Rungia parviflora (Retz.) Nees var. muralis (Nees) Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4:550.1885; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1072(750). 1924.
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Description:
Herbs. Leaves 3-5 x 2 cm, ovate-elliptic, apex acute, membranous. Spike to 2 cm, dense, terminal and axillary, barren bract 4-5 x 2.5 mm, ovate, acute, fertile 3.5-4.5 x 2 mm, ovate, emarginate, mucronate, margin ciliate; bracteoles 2 mm, elliptic, acute; calyx 2 mm, lobes 5, linear, ciliate; corolla bluish-white, 5 mm; stamens 2, lower cell spurred. Capsule ca 2.5 mm, ovoid; seeds 4.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-June
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kottayam, Kasaragode
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests and scrub jungles
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Distribution:
India and Myanmar
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Blue
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Karimala, Bekal, Manjeswar
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