Flower; British Komenda, Central Region, Ghana; 5/2009 © Jörn Germer
Flower, side view; British Komenda, Central Region, Ghana; 5/2009 © Jörn Germer
Flower, side view; Lương Hòa A, Châu Thành District, Trà Vinh Province, Vietnam; 12/2019 © Jörn Germer
Flower; Lương Hòa A, Châu Thành District, Trà Vinh Province, Vietnam; 12/2019 © Jörn Germer
Ripe sessile capsules; Lương Hòa A, Châu Thành District, Trà Vinh Province, Vietnam; 12/2019 © Jörn Germer
Upper and lower surface of leaf; British Komenda, Central Region, Ghana; 5/2009 © Jörn Germer
Upper and lower surface of leaf; Lương Hòa A, Châu Thành District, Trà Vinh Province, Vietnam; 12/2019 © Jörn Germer
Habit of plant with ripening capsules; Lương Hòa A, Châu Thành District, Trà Vinh Province, Vietnam; 12/2019 © Jörn Germer
Habit; British Komenda, Central Region, Ghana; 5/2009 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Lương Hòa A, Châu Thành District, Trà Vinh Province, Vietnam; 12/2019 © Jörn Germer
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Identifier: 1085 Date of entry: 07.06.2009 Last update: 14.01.2020
English: Minnieroot
Mandarin: 芦莉草 (lu li cao)
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Scrophulariales (81)
Family: Acanthaceae (25)(family description)
Genus: Ruellia (2)
Epithet: tuberosa L. (3)
tuberosa => producing or resembling tubers
Climate: tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: blue
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