- 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 IPNI) : Hygrophila ringens var. ringens
- Vernacular name :
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Swampy places and along streams
- Comments / notes : On plains to 900m, gregarious in marshy ground
- Key identification features : Erect herbs, 40-60 cm high; Leaves subsessile, linear-lanceolate, tapering at both ends, glabrous; Flowers in axillary whorls, pale purple; Capsules linear, short, many seeded.
- 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
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Lohit
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, Hainan, India, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaya, Maldives, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Nicobar Islands, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- 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
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 243
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Hygrophila salicifolia. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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