Gulabi / Indian Marshweed
Limnophila indica
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- September-April
How to identify Gulabi
Identify Gulabi 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 flower colour: Blue/purple.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: September-April.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Scrophulariaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Gulabi.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Limnophila indica
- Genus
- Limnophila
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Moist places
- Habitat type
- Wetland
- Distribution
- SE. Africa through Iraq, India, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, Malaysia, China, Australia
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra, Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-April
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Typical of the Scrophulariaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Blue/purplerecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Gulabi itself; the rest are typical of the Scrophulariaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- गुलाबी gulabi, पापड़ी papri
- Bengali
- কর্পূর karpur
- Tamil
- அம்புலி ambuli
- Telugu
- అంబుజము ambujam, బగ్గ పత్తి bagga patti, బురదబక్కెన burada bakkena
- Kannada
- ಆಮರಗಂಧಿ amaragandhi, ಮಾಂಗನ್ನಾರಿ maangannaari
- Malayalam
- മാങ്ങനാറി maanganaari
- Marathi
- तुरटी turati
About Gulabi
A member of the Scrophulariaceae family, Indian Marshweed (Limnophila indica) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and 10 other states. It grows in moist places. Flowering and fruiting run from September to April.
Scrophulariaceae
Figwort family
Gulabi belongs to the Scrophulariaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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