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Common name: तुतारी Tutari (Marathi)
Botanical name: Rhamphicarpa longiflora Family: Scrophulariaceae (dog flower family)
Tutari is an erect herb, growing up to a foot high, occasionally found in the
moist grasslands of the Western Ghats. It is a root parasite on grasses. The
smooth stems are branched above.
Oppositely arranged leaves are 3-4 cm long, and pinnately divided into very
narrow leaflets. Flowers occur solitary in the leaf axil. Flowers have funnel
form, with a slender, straight tube flaring open into five oblong white
petals. Flowers open at night after 5 pm.
| Photographed in Alibag, Maharashtra. |
Identification credit: Navendu Pagé
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