• 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
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : Evergreen forests
• Comments / notes : A small scandent shrub with white-lilac flowers
• Flower, Fruit : November-December
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy, Ravichandran V and Navendu Page
• Collection Date : 31/01/17
• Collection Nos : HJCB-797
• Distribution :
  • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Idukki district
  • Tamil Nadu : Theni district (Megamalai)
• Endemism : Southern Western Ghats
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• 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=Rungia sisparensis. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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