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Habit :<br />

Stem :<br />

Leaves :<br />

Flowers :<br />

Fruits :<br />

Seeds :<br />

274<br />

An annual or biennia herb.<br />

Erect, 50 cm tall, widely branched, with<br />

fusiform tuberous roots.<br />

Mostly basal, finely pubescent; blades ovate to<br />

oblong, 4-6 x 1.5-2.5 cm, base cuneate, apex<br />

obtuse, margin undulate.<br />

Cymes dichotomous, few-flowered; purple.<br />

Capsule subcylindrical, 1.5 cm long,<br />

puberulent.<br />

Orbicular; 2-2.5 mm in diameter.<br />

Ruellia tuberosa L.<br />

Common Name : Snapdragon root<br />

<strong>Family</strong> : Acanthaceae<br />

<strong>Weed</strong> ID Manual

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