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Wall Rungia
A Native Photo: Dinesh Valke
Common name: Wall Rungia • Gujarati: મોટો ખડસલીયો Moto Khadasaliyo • Marathi: भिंत माशी Bhinta Mashi • Mundari: Jatanri Ba • Santali: ᱵᱤᱨ ᱞᱚᱯᱚᱝ ᱟᱲᱟᱜ Bir Lopong Arak, ᱦᱟᱥᱟ ᱟᱲᱟᱜ Hasa Arak • Tamil: புண்ணாக்குப்பூண்டு Punnakku-P-Puntu, தவசுமுருங்கை Tavashu-Murunghie • Telugu: పిండి కొండ Pindi Konda Source: Names of Plants in India
Botanical name: Rungia muralis    Family: Acanthaceae (Acanthus family)
Synonyms: Rungia parviflora var. muralis
Wall Rungia is a small, branching weed with very dense spikes of flowers. Spikes are sometimes 4-4.5 cm long, 4 mm broad, with densely overlapping bracts. Flowers are blue to whitish, with upper lip short, and lower lip large and broad. Lower leaves are 2.5 x 0.6-1.2 cm, ovate, stalked, upper narrow, sometimes even linear. Wall Rungia is found in India to Myanmar. In India it is seen in the Western Ghats and NE India. Flowering: November-May.
Identification credit: J.M. Garg, Rakesh Singh, Ashish Nimkar Photographed in Maharashtra & Imphal.
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