Torenia indica Sald.

 
  • Family : SCROPHULARIACEAE
    (FIGWORT FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Linderniaceae
  • Species : Torenia indica
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved
  • Key identification features : Annual erect herbs with tetragonous branches. Leaves are opposite, ovate with crenate margin with an acute apex, glabrous and long petiole. Flowers are pedicellate, axillary, solitary or 3-clustered. Calyx is winged, about a cm long. 2-lipped, with corolla being pale blue or white. Capsule is oblong-elliptic, septicidal enclosing minute seeds.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Flower, Fruit : August- November
  • Comments : Rare in northern coastal districts of Eastern Ghats.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : West Godavari district, Srikakulam district, East Godavari district (Andhra Pradesh State)
  • World Distribution : India, Myanmar, Java, China, Himalayas, Philippines
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Torenia indica. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.

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