- Family : ACANTHACEAE
(Acanthus Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Acanthaceae
- Synonym(s) : Hygrophila quadrivalvis (Buch-Ham) Nee; Hygrophila angustifolia R. Br.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Hygrophila ringens (L.) Steud.
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Plains
- Comments / notes : Moist localities in the plains
- Key identification features : A gregarious annual to perennial herbs occuring in shallow waters or in marshy habitats
- Flower, Fruit : October-March
- Collector(s) Name : Sunny Mathew
- Collection Locality : Gurguria, Similipal, Mayurbhanj District; Lakkidi, Wynad District
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Uttara Kannada district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Thane district
- Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
- Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaya, Maldives, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaya, Maldives, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Sharma B.D, 1984 - Flora of Karnataka Analysis
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Hygrophila ringens. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.
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