Kharmor / Creeping Rungia
Rungia repens
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- September-March
How to identify Kharmor
Identify Kharmor 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: Pubescent (softly hairy).
- Confirm flower colour: Purple.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: September-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Acanthaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Kharmor.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Rungia repens
- Genus
- Rungia
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Scrub jungles, waste places, paddy fields and marshy areas
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kharmor itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kharmor itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- खरमोर Kharmor
- Tamil
- கோடாசரி Kotacari, கோடகசாலை Kotakacalai
- Kannada
- ಕೊಡಗಸಾಲೆ Kodagasaale
- Marathi
- घाटी पित्तपापडा Ghati Pittapapada
About Kharmor
Creeping Rungia (Rungia repens) belongs to the Acanthaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh and 7 other states. It grows in scrub jungles, waste places, paddy fields and marshy areas. Flowering and fruiting run from September to March.
Acanthaceae
Acanthus family
Kharmor belongs to the Acanthaceae family.
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