Rungia elegans
Rungia elegans
Rungia elegans
Rungia elegans
Plant Category | : | Herbs |
Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 398 |
Synonym | : | Diapedium elegans (Wall. ex Dalz. & Gibs.) Kuntze;
Justicia repens Wall.;
Justicia concinna; |
Plant Common Name | : | Elegant Rungia |
Plant Family | : | Acanthaceae |
Description | : | an annual herb which is quite rare. It may be confused with Creeping Rungia. A distinguishing feature is the blue flowers which are about 1.2 cm. Stems covered with white spreading hairs. Spikes 12-18 mm broad. Leaves ovate-tapering, up to 7 cm long 4 cm broad, often white hairy beneath. Bracts longer than 6 mm, white margin broader, sometimes purplish. |
Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
Plant's Current Status | : | - |
Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/266082
- https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Elegant%20Rungia.html |
Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
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Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
Subclass | : Asteridae |
Order | : Lamiales |
Family | : Acanthaceae - Acanthus family |
Genus | : Rungia L. |
Species | : Rungia elegans |