Ruellia brittoniana Leonard

 
  • Family : ACANTHACEAE
    (Acanthus Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Acanthaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ruellia simplex C.Wright
  • Habit : Undershrub
  • Comments / notes : Grown as a border plant in gardens
  • Flower, Fruit : June-October
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Udupi district
    • Maharashtra : Maharashtra
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Native : Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Florida, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Louisiana, Mexico, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Windward Is
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Florida, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Louisiana, Mexico, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Windward Islands
  • Literature :
    • N.P. Singh, P. Lakshminarasimhan, S. Karthikeyan & P. V. Prasanna (2001). Flora of Maharashtra state, Dicotyledones. Vol. 2.pp.687. Botanical survey of India, Govt. Of India.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ruellia brittoniana. Downloaded on 6 October 2024.

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