Frog Fruit Flower - Phyla nodiflora

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The common names for this flower are frog fruit, turkey tangle, creeping lip, etc. I am not sure about the Bengali(বাংলা) vernacular name of this plant. From the internet, found several names are Bhui Okar(ভুই ওকরা), Kar ghas(কার ঘাস), etc.

Egg shaped inflorescence

Botanical name of this plant is Phyla nodiflora. It pertains to the plant family Verbenaceae. This is native to South American region but available at our Bangladesh(বাংলাদেশ). We consider this as weed plant, but actually people cherish this weed as ornamental plant.



Its a perennial ground covering herbaceous plant. Grows very low to the ground and very fast growing. From the main root, it use to creeping and sprawling around. Glossy leafs are arranged opposite to the stem and toothed at both sides.



Flowers of this plant are inflorescence and having a shaped of egg. Flowers occur as a ring around that egg like stuff. This things grows with the time, and the ring shifted upwards with young flowers and mature flowers remain at bottom with brown dried leafs.

Ground covering perennial.

Photos of this article were taken from Rajshai (রাজশাহী), and Chapainawabganj (চাপাইনবাবগঞ্জ). I was traveling there during June 2012.



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