Rasili / Weeping Mary
Russelia equisetiformis
Also known as Coral Plant
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Rasili
Identify Rasili 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.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Thin rush-like drooping stems with tiny red tubular flowers (coral plant).
- Confirm flower colour: Red.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Scrophulariaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Rasili.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Russelia equisetiformis
- Genus
- Russelia
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Native to
- Mexico
- Distribution
- Widely cultivated
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Telangana, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Typical of the Scrophulariaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Redrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Rasili itself; the rest are typical of the Scrophulariaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- रसीली Rasili
About Rasili
Weeping Mary (Russelia equisetiformis) belongs to the Scrophulariaceae family, where it grows as a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala and 14 other states. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Uses
It is planted as an ornamental and stripped for fibre used in rope and matting.
Scrophulariaceae
Figwort family
Rasili belongs to the Scrophulariaceae family.
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