Acanthaceae

Mexican petunia

Ruellia simplex C.Wright

Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Ruellia

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Common names

By language (9)

Cebuano: Blechum angustifolium
Chinese: 紫花蘆莉草, 紫花芦莉草, 翠芦莉, 翡翠芦莉草, 蓝花草
English: Mexican petunia, Britton's wild petunia, Softseed wild petunia
Esperanto: Meksika petunio
gor: Kencana Ungu
Indonesian: Pohon mangga
Japanese: ヤナギバルイラソウ
Swedish: Blechum angustifolium
Vietnamese: Cỏ nổ thân cao

Synonyms

Arrhostoxylum microphyllum Nees
Cryphiacanthus angustifolius Nees
Ruellia angustifolia (Nees) Lindau
Ruellia brittoniana Leonard
Ruellia coerulea Morong
Ruellia ignorantiae Herter
Ruellia longipes Urb.
Ruellia malacosperma Greenm.
Ruellia microphylla (Nees) Lindau
Ruellia spectabilis Britton
Ruellia tweediana Griseb.
Ruellia tweedyana Griseb.

Photos

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Photo: Abdul Hanif Arromy, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.