✿Scrophulariaceae · Limnophila
Gulabi / Indian Marshweed
Limnophila indica
HerbMedicinal
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- September-April
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.
Botanical family
Scrophulariaceae
Figwort family
Gulabi belongs to the Scrophulariaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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