How to identify Rungia wightiana
Identify Rungia wightiana by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Confirm leaf surface: Pubescent (softly hairy).
- Confirm flower colour: Purple.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: December-January.
- Confirm it sits within the Acanthaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Rungia wightiana.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Rungia wightiana
- Genus
- Rungia
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Rungia wightiana 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 Rungia wightiana itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Rungia wightiana
A member of the Acanthaceae family, Rungia wightiana is a shrub. It grows in evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from December to January.
Acanthaceae
Acanthus family
Rungia wightiana belongs to the Acanthaceae family.
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