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Please ID wild plant, kind regards, Sam.

Location: Munroe Island, Kollam Kerala INDIA

Altitude: 10fsl

Flower date: 31DEC2025, 01.15pm

Habitat: wild moisture sloppy windy nearby backwater

Plant habit: small erect branched shrub, weak cylindrical stem 10mm base diameter, velvety, perennial

Height: 03 feet

Leaves: alternate elliptic acute simple flexible hairy serrated margins, size upto: 08×4cm

Flower: terminal spike inflorescence, whitish, fragrant diameter:04mm

Fruit: drupe green into scarlet to black ovoid globular

Seed:

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On Mon, 9 Feb, 2026, 2:48 pm Sam Kuzhalanattu, <samkuzh...@gmail.com> wrote:

Please ID wild plant, kind regards, Sam.
Location: Munroe Island, Kollam Kerala INDIA
Altitude: 10fsl
Flower date: 31DEC2025, 01.15pm
Habitat: wild moisture sloppy windy nearby backwater
Plant habit: small erect branched shrub, weak cylindrical stem 10mm base diameter, velvety, perennial
Height: 03 feet
Leaves: alternate elliptic acute simple flexible hairy serrated margins, size upto: 08×4cm
Flower: terminal spike inflorescence, whitish, fragrant diameter:04mm
Fruit: drupe green into scarlet to black ovoid globular
Seed:

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Please ID wild plant, kind regards, Sam.
Location: Munroe Island, Kollam Kerala INDIA
Altitude: 10fsl
Flower date: 31DEC2025, 01.15pm
Habitat: wild moisture sloppy windy nearby backwater
Plant habit: small erect branched shrub, weak cylindrical stem 10mm base diameter, velvety, perennial
Height: 03 feet
Leaves: alternate elliptic acute simple flexible hairy serrated margins, size upto: 08×4cm
Flower: terminal spike inflorescence, whitish, fragrant diameter:04mm
Fruit: drupe green into scarlet to black ovoid globular
Seed:

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Please ID wild plant, kind regards, Sam.
Location: Munroe Island, Kollam Kerala INDIA
Altitude: 10fsl
Flower date: 31DEC2025, 01.15pm
Habitat: wild moisture sloppy windy nearby backwater
Plant habit: small erect branched shrub, weak cylindrical stem 10mm base diameter, velvety, perennial
Height: 03 feet
Leaves: alternate elliptic acute simple flexible hairy serrated margins, size upto: 08×4cm
Flower: terminal spike inflorescence, whitish, fragrant diameter:04mm
Fruit: drupe green into scarlet to black ovoid globular
Seed:

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On Mon, 9 Feb, 2026, 2:48 pm Sam Kuzhalanattu, <samkuzh...@gmail.com> wrote:
Please ID wild plant, kind regards, Sam.
Location: Munroe Island, Kollam Kerala INDIA
Altitude: 10fsl
Flower date: 31DEC2025, 01.15pm
Habitat: wild moisture sloppy windy nearby backwater
Plant habit: small erect branched shrub, weak cylindrical stem 10mm base diameter, velvety, perennial
Height: 03 feet
Leaves: alternate elliptic acute simple flexible hairy serrated margins, size upto: 08×4cm
Flower: terminal spike inflorescence, whitish, fragrant diameter:04mm
Fruit: drupe green into scarlet to black ovoid globular
Seed:

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Please ID wild plant, kind regards, Sam.
Location: Munroe Island, Kollam Kerala INDIA
Altitude: 10fsl
Flower date: 31DEC2025, 01.15pm
Habitat: wild moisture sloppy windy nearby backwater
Plant habit: small erect branched shrub, weak cylindrical stem 10mm base diameter, velvety, perennial
Height: 03 feet
Leaves: alternate elliptic acute simple flexible hairy serrated margins, size upto: 08×4cm
Flower: terminal spike inflorescence, whitish, fragrant diameter:04mm
Fruit: drupe green into scarlet to black ovoid globular
Seed:

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Varronia curassavica Jacq.

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Yes, it is Varronia curassavica, dear Saroj ji, thank you very much for ID my plant.

With kind regards,

Sam Kuzhalanattu.

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OK Sam.

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Yes, it is Varronia curassavica, dear Saroj ji, thank you very much for ID my plant.
With kind regards,
Sam Kuzhalanattu.

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Yes, it is Varronia curassavica, dear Saroj ji, thank you very much for ID my plant.
With kind regards,
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Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 at 12:04
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Please ID wild plant, kind regards, Sam.

Location: Munroe Island Kollam Kerala INDIA

Altitude: 10fsl

Flower date: 31DEC2024, 01.20pm

Habitat: wild moisture sloppy river/backwater shore

Plant habit: small erect/obliquely branched herb, weak cylindrical stem 10mm base diameter, purplish sprout, perennial

Height: 03.5 feet

Leaves: opposite elliptic acute simple flexible glossy serrated margins, size upto: 08×2.5cm

Flower: axillary buds, whitish violet, non fragrant diameter:13mm

Fruit: capsule purplish into brown cylindrically ovoid size: 20x03.5mm

Seed:

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Hygrophila ringens (L.) R. Br. ex Steud.

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Saroj Kasaju

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Please ID wild plant, kind regards, Sam.
Location: Munroe Island Kollam Kerala INDIA
Altitude: 10fsl
Flower date: 31DEC2024, 01.20pm
Habitat: wild moisture sloppy river/backwater shore
Plant habit: small erect/obliquely branched herb, weak cylindrical stem 10mm base diameter, purplish sprout, perennial
Height: 03.5 feet
Leaves: opposite elliptic acute simple flexible glossy serrated margins, size upto: 08×2.5cm
Flower: axillary buds, whitish violet, non fragrant diameter:13mm
Fruit: capsule purplish into brown cylindrically ovoid size: 20x03.5mm
Seed:

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Hygrophila ringens (L.) R. Br. ex Steud.

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

On Mon, Feb 16, 2026 at 12:19 PM Sam Kuzhalanattu <samkuzh...@gmail.com> wrote:
Please ID wild plant, kind regards, Sam.
Location: Munroe Island Kollam Kerala INDIA
Altitude: 10fsl
Flower date: 31DEC2024, 01.20pm
Habitat: wild moisture sloppy river/backwater shore
Plant habit: small erect/obliquely branched herb, weak cylindrical stem 10mm base diameter, purplish sprout, perennial
Height: 03.5 feet
Leaves: opposite elliptic acute simple flexible glossy serrated margins, size upto: 08×2.5cm
Flower: axillary buds, whitish violet, non fragrant diameter:13mm
Fruit: capsule purplish into brown cylindrically ovoid size: 20x03.5mm
Seed:

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Yes, it is Hygrophila ringens, dear Saroj ji thank you very much for ID my plant.