• Family : ACANTHACEAE
  (Acanthus Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : ACANTHACEAE
• Basionym : Ruellia salicifolia Vahl
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Hygrophila ringens var. ringens
• Vernacular name : Sadhu gobbi (Telugu)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Swampy places and along streams
• Comments / notes : On plains to 900m, gregarious in marshy ground
• Flower, Fruit : September-March
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, East Godavari district, Kurnool district
  • Karnataka : Udupi district, Davanagare district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district
  • Odisha : Sambalpur district, Mayurbhanj district, Keonjhar district, Balasore district, Rayagada district, Kalhandi district
  • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Dharmapuri district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Karur district, Krishnagiri district, Madurai district, Namakkal district, Pudukkottai district, Sivaganga district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district, Vellore district
• Native : Tropical Asia
• World Distribution : Indo-China, South China, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.; Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District; Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg District; Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere District
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Hygrophila salicifolia. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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