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Comb Rungia |
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| Vernacular name | Mashi | |
| Scientific name | Rungia pectinata | |
| Family | Acanthaceae | |
| Season | Rabi | |
| Description | ||
| Plant | A small annual herb, abundantly found on rocky surfaces. The species name pectinata means the resemblance of the flower-spike to a comb. Cylindrical stems are weak, 10-20 cm long. | |
| Leaves | Oppositely arranged leaves, 1-3 cm, are oblong-lanceolate, sharp-tipped. | Photo Gallery |
| Flower | Tiny violet-blue flowers 3-4 mm in spikes at the end of branches, or in leaf axils. Flower-spikes with sharp-tipped bracts arranged in 2 rows, like a comb. Flower - 2-lipped with tube narrow. Stamens 2, filaments short. |  |
| Fruit/ seed | Capsules acute, with scarious faces and hard egdes. Seeds sub-orbicular, rugose with concentre furrows, pale brown. | |
| Habitat and distribution | Road side | |
| Flowering and fruiting | September-February | |
| Associated with | Off field flora | |
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