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 Torenia bicolor Dalz.

Family	:	SCROPHULARIACEAE
Local name	:	Malayalam -Kakkapoovu
Flowering and fruiting period	:	Throughout the year
Distribution	:	Western Ghats
Distribution in kerala	:	All Districts
Habitat	:	Marshy areas
Uses	:	Ornamental purposes
Key Botanical Characters: Decumbent annual; stem 4-angled, ciliate along the ridges near the nodes. Leaves 1.5-3.5 x 1-2.2 cm, triangular-ovate, base truncate or subcordate, margin serrate, apex acute, sparsely pubescent, membranous; petiole 1-1.5 cm long, sparsely hirsute. Flowers axillary, solitary or in pairs; pedicels 1.5-3 cm long. Calyx 1.2-1.5 cm long, keeled; keel decurrent on pedicels, glabrous. Corolla 2-2.5 cm long, deep purple or tube yellowish and lobes deep purple. Stamens 4, didynamous; anthers connate in pairs; appendage of staminal filament short, stout. Ovary oblong. Capsule 1-1.5 cm long, oblong, included; fruiting pedicles to 3.5 cm long. Seeds subglobose, rugose.