Ruellia prostrata - Prostrate Wild Petunia

❏ Binomial Name : Ruellia prostrata Poir.

❏ Synonym : Dipteracanthus prostratus var. dejecta,Dipteracanthus dejectus

❏ Family : Acanthaceae

❏ Common Name : Prostrate Wild Petunia

❏ Tamil Name : Pottakanchi

❏ IUCN status: Not Evaluated

Ruellia prostrata Botanical Description

Diffuse herbs, rooting at lower nodes; stems villous. Leaves simple, opposite, to 6 x 4 cm, ovate, acute, entire, base acute of obtuse; petiole 2-3 cm long. Flowers axillary, 2 or 3 together; bracts absent; bracteoles foliar, 1.5 x 1 cm, ovate. Calyx 5-partite, lobes 10 mm long, linear, ciliate. Corolla white or pinkish-white, tube 8 mm long, lobes subequal, 1 cm long, obovate. Stamens 4, didynamous, filaments connate below. Ovary glabrous, style densely hairy. Capsule 1.5 x 0.6 cm, linear oblong, slightly pubescent; seeds 16-20, orbicular, compressed, marginate, smooth. Fl. &Fr.:  - October-April

Ruellia prostrata Medicinal uses

Seed  powder  given  to  person  with  sperm deficiency.

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