Full Plant
Plant Details
Local Name:
Kakkapoovu
Common Name:
Wishbone flower
Scientific Name:
Torenia fournieri Linden ex E.Fourn.
Family:
Linderniaceae
Vernacular Name:
Kakkapoovu
Habit:
Bushy or trailing annual herb
Habitat:
wet tropical biome
Distribution:
Southeast Asia, including parts of India, China, and Indo-China.
Altitude:
up to 1200 meters
Location:
kottakkal, parappur
GPS Coordinates:
11.0121° N, 75.9947° E
Collection Date:
2025-07-13
Collector Name:
Fahmida binsi
IUCN Status:
Least Concern (LC)
Invasive Status:
No
Description:
Herbs, 15-50 cm tall. Stems erect, quadrangular, simple or branched above middle, subglabrous. Petiole 1-2 cm; leaf blade oblong-ovate to ovate, 3-5 X 1.5-2.5 cm, subglabrous, margin coarsely serrate. Racemes often terminal; bracts linear, 2-5 mm. Pedicel 1-2 cm. Calyx ellipsoid, 1.3-1.9 X ca. 0.8 cm, green or purple-red at apex and margin, 5-winged; wings decurrent, ca. 2 mm wide, becoming ca. 3 mm wide in fruit; lips subtriangular, 1.5-1.7 cm, sometimes apically lobed. Corolla 2.5-4 cm, exceeding calyx by 1-2.3 cm; tube pale violet, upper side yellow; lower lip lobes purple-blue, middle lobe with a yellow patch near base, oblong to suborbicular, ca. 10 X 8 mm, subequal; upper lip pale blue, erect, broadly obovate, 1-1.2 X 1.2-1.5 cm, emarginate. Stamens unappendaged. Capsule narrowly ellipsoid ca. 12 X 0.5 mm. Seeds yellow.