• Family : ACANTHACEAE
  (Acanthus Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : ACANTHACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved name
• Vernacular name : Ran-tewan (Marathi)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : In moist places
• Comments / notes : Rare
• Key identification features : Prostrate herb
• Flower, Fruit : December-May
• Distribution :
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Odisha : Rayagada district, Sambalpur district
• Native : India
• Endemism : India
• World Distribution : India
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India
• 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 serpyllum. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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