Oonmudia / Fringed Lindernia
Lindernia ciliata
Also known as Fringed False Pimpernel
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan & more
- Flowering
- June-November
How to identify Oonmudia
Identify Oonmudia 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.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Fringed (ciliate) leaf margins.
- Confirm flower colour: Blue/purple.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: June-November.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Gujarat and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Scrophulariaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Oonmudia.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Lindernia ciliata
- Genus
- Lindernia
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Moist places in moist and dry deciduous forests and also in plains
- Native to
- Tropical Asia, Australia
- Distribution
- Malaysia, Vietnam, India, Sri Lanka, SE. Asia, Northern Australia
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- June-November
- 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 Oonmudia itself; the rest are typical of the Scrophulariaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Manipuri
- ꯀꯤꯍꯣꯝ ꯃꯥꯟ Kihom maan
- Nepali
- ओनमुडिया Oonmudia
About Oonmudia
Fringed Lindernia (Lindernia ciliata) belongs to the Scrophulariaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan and 6 other states. It grows in moist places in moist and dry deciduous forests and also in plains. Flowering and fruiting run from June to November.
Scrophulariaceae
Figwort family
Oonmudia belongs to the Scrophulariaceae family.
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