✿Acanthaceae · Andrographis
Ranchimani / False Waterwillow
Andrographis echioides
HerboutdoorMedicinal
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh & more
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Andrographis echioides
- Genus
- Andrographis
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Wasteland and plains
- Habitat type
- Wasteland
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Kerala, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, West Bengal, Jammu & Kashmir, Puducherry, Uttarakhand
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Ranchimani itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Ranchimani itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- கோபுரம் தாங்கி, Andrographis echioides
- Kannada
- ಗೋದಿಬರ್ಸನ Godibarsana
- Malayalam
- Pitumba, ഗോപുരംതാങ്ങി
- Marathi
- Ranchimani
About Ranchimani
A member of the Acanthaceae family, False Waterwillow (Andrographis echioides) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and 14 other states. It grows in wasteland and plains.
Botanical family
Acanthaceae
Acanthus family
Ranchimani belongs to the Acanthaceae family.
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