Ranchimani / Bugloss Chiretta
Indoneesiella echioides
Also known as False Waterwillow
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
- Flowering
- August-March
How to identify Ranchimani
Identify Ranchimani by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand.
- Confirm it sits within the Acanthaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Ranchimani.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Indoneesiella echioides
- Genus
- Indoneesiella
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- On plains to 800m, in wastelands, fallow fields and dry deciduous forests
- Native to
- India, Sri Lanka
- Distribution
- Tropical India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-March
- 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
- Gujarati
- Kalukariyatun
- Kannada
- ಗೋದಿಬರ್ಸನ Godibarsana
- Malayalam
- Pitumba
- Marathi
- Ranchimani
- Odia
- lavalata
- Tamil
- கோபுரம்தாங்கி Kopuramtanki
About Ranchimani
Bugloss Chiretta (Indoneesiella echioides) belongs to the Acanthaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand. It grows in on plains to 800m, in wastelands, fallow fields and dry deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from August to March.
Acanthaceae
Acanthus family
Ranchimani belongs to the Acanthaceae family.
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