Ruellia geminiflora Kunth

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Acanthaceae > Ruellia

Characteristics

Ascending herbs to ca. 30 cm high; stems quadrangular, sparingly to densely pilose. Leaves ovate to ovate elliptic, 2-5 cm long, 0.8-1.8 cm wide, apically acute, basally attenuate, the cystoliths densely distributed over the upper sur-face, glabrous to puberulous above, glabrous to densely puberulous beneath, the margins entire to crenulate; mostly sessile; pedicels axillary borne singly and in pairs, ca. 1.0 mm long. Flowers with the calyx lobes equal, subulate, to 8 mm long, ca. 0.8 mm wide at the base, mostly pilose to densely pilose; corolla mauve, funnelform, tube 25 mm long, 2 mm wide at the base, 8 mm wide at the mouth, puberulous outside, glabrous inside, the limb ca. 25 mm across, the lobes equal, suborbicular, ca. 10 mm in diameter, puberulous on both the surfaces; stamens included, the filaments glabrous; ovary and style puberulous. Capsule clavate, ca. 8 mm long, 3.5 mm wide and 2 mm thick, puberulous; seeds 4, orbic-ular, flattened, ca. 3 mm across.
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Herb to 40 cm high. Stem subquadrangular, sulcate, densely to sparsely hirsute to glabrescent, cystoliths inconspicuous. Leaves sessile to subsessile; blade linear to narrowly lanceolate, to 6.5 cm long and 1.2(-1.5) cm wide, acute to obtusish (tip itself blunt), narrowed at base, both surfaces densely to sparsely hirsute; primary vein and secondary veins (5-8 pairs) usually prominent on lower surface; cystoliths obscure. Inflorescence of sessile, solitary or paired flowers in axils of terminal leaves, often opposite; bracts 0; bracteoles linear to 6.5 mm long and 0.8 mm wide, hirsute. Calyx lobes linear-lanceolate, ca. 15 x 1 mm, densely hirsute; corolla blue, pink, whitish, violet or blue-violet, 45-50 mm long, pubescent, tube funnelform, ca. 20 mm broad at throat, narrow basal part ca. 10 x 2 mm, lobes ca. 15 mm long. Capsule ovoid, 10 x 5 mm, pubescent, apically apiculate, stipe ca. 3 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.4
Root system fibrous-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 1-2
Soil acidity 2-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Antibiotic (unspecified), Tuberculosis (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -29
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Flower

Ruellia geminiflora flower picture by jazz krn (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Ruellia geminiflora world distribution map, present in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Paraguay, El Salvador, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:54085-1
WFO ID wfo-0000401934
COL ID 4TN4G
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 630579
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Ruellia lindmaniana Ruellia porrigens Ruellia vindex Ruellia hirsuta Ruellia geminiflora Ruellia subacaulis Ulleria geminiflora Ulleria angustifolia Dipteracanthus angustifolius Dipteracanthus hirsutus Dipteracanthus humilis Gymnacanthus campestris Dipteracanthus canescens Dipteracanthus geminiflorus Dipteracanthus nanus Dipteracanthus porrigens Dipteracanthus vindex Ruellia campestris Ruellia hirsuta Ruellia canescens Ruellia elliptica Ruellia hypericifolia Copioglossa pilosa Ruellia geminiflora var. hirsutior Ruellia geminiflora var. angustifolia Dipteracanthus geminiflorus var. angustifolius Dipteracanthus geminiflorus var. erectus Dipteracanthus geminiflorus var. hirsutior Dipteracanthus geminiflorus var. procumbens Dipteracanthus geminiflorus var. subacaulis Dipteracanthus humilis var. diffusus Dipteracanthus humilis var. minor Dipteracanthus porrigens var. triflorus Ruellia geminiflora var. humilis Ruellia geminiflora f. albiflora Ruellia geminiflora var. geminiflora Ruellia geminiflora var. hirsutior Gymnacanthus geminiflorus