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Ruellia humilis

 

     Wild Petunia

Acanthaceae

 

 

 

 

 

Fruits.

  Fruit Type:  Capsule

  Fruiting Period:  Oct - Nov

  Flowering Period:  Jun - Oct

      

 

 
Seeds.

  Color:  Brown

  Size:  3 x 4 mm

  Shape:  Spherical with flattened or concave side

  Surface Features:  hairs

  Scarification:  Not required

  Stratification:  70 days

 

 

Seedlings.

  Cotyledons:  Oval with entire margins; petioles

  Leaf arrangement:  Opposite

  Leaves:  Simple, oval, entire margins, hairs, prominent midvein