Dipteracanthus prostratus, Ruellie prostrée, Prostrate wild petunia, Thuppalampotti, Velipadakkam

Dipteracanthus  prostratus  (Poir.)  Nees
Family: Acanthaceae

English: prostrate wild petunia, Bell Weed
French: Ruellie prostrée
Malayalam:  Thuppalampotti, Velipadakkam
Other Indian names: bheemana  soppu,  kali  dhavani,  kalighavani, kalighawani, maanu pathri, nela neelaambaramu, pottakanchi, upudali

Description: Diffuse herbs, rooting at lower nodes; stems villous. Leaves to 6 x 4 cm, ovate, acute, entire, base acute of obtuse; petiole 2-3 cm long. Flowers axillary, 2 or 3 together; bracts absent; bracteoles foliar, 1.5 x 1 cm, ovate; calyx 5-partite, lobes 10 mm long, linear, ciliate; corolla yellow, tube 8 mm long, lobes subequal, 1 cm long, obovate; stamens 4, didynamous, filaments connate below; ovary 2-celled, style densely hairy. Capsule 1.5 x 0.6 cm, linear oblong; seeds 5 in each cell, orbicular, compressed, marginate, smooth

6 Published articles of Dipteracanthus prostratus

1. Evaluation of anti-oxidant and anti-diabetic activities of whole plant extract of Dipteracanthus prostratus NEES in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.
Palanisamy, P.; Chandira, R. M.; Jaykar, B.; et al.
Journal of Pharmacy Research  Volume: 8   Issue: 11   Pages: 1628-1634   Published: 2014

2. An efficient in vitro plant regeneration of Dipteracanthus prostratus (Poir.) Nees. - a medicinal herb
Robert, Jeyachandran; Ravi, Baskaran Xavier; Louis, Cindrella
Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine  Volume: 2   Issue: Suppl. 2   Pages: S484-S487   Published: SEP 2012

3. An efficient in vitro plant regeneration of Dipteracanthus prostratus (Poir.) Nees. - a medicinal herb.
Robert, J.; Ravi, B. X.; Louis, C.
Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine  Issue: Suppl. 2   Pages: S484-S487   Published: 2012

4. Extraction, Fractionation and Pharmacological Activity of Dipteracanthus prostratus (Poir) Nees
Ganapathiraman; Palanivelu, M.; Kumar, D. Sathis; et al.
ASIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY  Volume: 24   Issue: 1   Pages: 461-464   Published: JAN 2012

5. Microscopical study of plant " Dipteracanthus prostratus poir-Acanthaceae".
Iyyappan, C.; Mounnissamy, V. M.
International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences  Volume: 2   Issue: 4   Pages: P-358-P-366   Published: 2011

6. FATTY ACIDS OF SEED OIL OF DIPTERACANTHUS PROSTRATUS NEES
TEWARI, JP
ARCHIV DER PHARMAZIE UND BERICHTE DER DEUTSCHEN PHARMAZEUTISCHEN GESSELSCHAFT  Volume: 304   Issue: 11   Pages: 797-&   Published: 1971