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'''Minnieroot''', also known as '''Ruellia tuberosa''',<ref name="int"/> fever root, snapdragon root and sheep potato (Thai: ต้อยติ่ง), is a species of flowering plant in the Acanthaceae family. Its native range is in Central America but presently it has become naturalized in many countries of tropical South and Southeast Asia.<ref name="int2"/>

Some butterfly species==Uses=={{Uses|high cholesterol}}, like the lemon pansy (Junonia lemonias) and the mangrove buckeye (Junonia genoveva){{Uses|kidney diseases}}, feed on the leaves of Ruellia tuberosa.{{Uses|joint pains}}, {{Uses|whooping cough}}, {{Uses|gonorrhea}}, {{Uses|syphilis}}, {{Uses|bladder stones}}, {{Uses|bronchitis}}, {{Uses|cancer}}

== Description Parts Used== It is a small biennial plant with thick fusiform tuberous roots and striking funnel-shaped violet-colored flowers. Its fruit is a 2 cm long sessile capsule containing about 20 seeds. Some of the names of the plant such as popping pod{{Parts Used|Roots}}, duppy gun and cracker plant come from the fact that children like to play with the dry pods that pop when rubbed with spit or water{{Parts Used|Leaves}}.

Ruellia tuberosa reaches an average height of about 25 cm in moist ==Chemical Composition==Leaves contain apigenin and shady environments.[citation needed] It growsluteolin, howeverThe seed oil yields myristic, preferably in grasslands capril and roadsides —often as a weed in cultivated fields—lauric acids, Study yielded flavonoids, glycosides, phenols, saponins and also in xerophile essential minerals with good nutritive value and ruderal habitatssecondary metabolites.<ref name="deschemical composition"/>

== Uses Common names=={{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=|te=|hi=|en=Waterkanon, Watrakanu}}

*In folk medicine<ref name="uses"/> and Ayurvedic medicine it has been used as a diuretic=Properties==Reference: Dravya - Substance, antiRasa -diabeticTaste, antipyreticGuna - Qualities, analgesicVeerya - Potency, antihypertensiveVipaka - Post-digesion effect, gastroprotectiveKarma - Pharmacological activity, and to treat gonorrhea. It is also used as a natural dye for textilesPrabhava - Therepeutics. *In Grenada, used for common colds, fevers and hypertension.<ref name="uses2"/>*In India leaf juice applied to scorpion bite sites.<ref name="uses2"/>=Dravya===

==Common name=Rasa===Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent)===Guna===Laghu (Light), Ruksha (Dry), Tikshna (Sharp)===Veerya===Ushna (Hot)===Vipaka===Katu (Pungent)===Karma===Kapha, Vata===Prabhava===

== References Identification== <references>===Leaf==={{Leaf|Simple||The leaves are divided into 3-6 toothed leaflets, with smaller leaflets in between}}<ref name="intLeaf"/> ===Flower==={{Flower|Unisexual|5-5.5 cm long|blue-violet|5-20|Flowers shortly Pedicellate, Blue-violet, Showy.}} ===Fruit==={{Fruit|scabrescent|2.3-2.5 cm|clearly grooved lengthwise, Lowest hooked hairs aligned towards crown|With hooked hairs|24-28}} ===Other features=== ==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract'' ==Where to get the saplings====Mode of Propagation=={{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}. ==How to plant/cultivate==An ideal location for growing ruellia is a site with full sun exposure. Although ruellia flowers are highly adaptable and may do well in shade, expect fewer blooms due to the lack of sunlight. Read more at Gardening Know How: What Is Ruellia Wild Petunia: Learn About The Care Of Ruellia Plants https://plantswww.usdagardeningknowhow.govcom/ornamental/flowers/coreruellia/profile?symbolgrowing-ruellia-wild-petunias.htm<ref name=RUTU "Ruellia tuberosaHow to plant/cultivate"]</ref> ==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|Tall grasslands}}, {{Commonly seen|meadows}}, {{Commonly seen|Borders of forests and fields}}. ==Photo Gallery==<ref namegallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="int2140px">[httpFile:Odermennig.jpgFile:Agrimonia eupatoria02.jpgImage://mekarditamankuAgrimonia eupatoria MHNT.BOT.blogspot2004.in/ Yang Mekar ditamanku - Fever Root; Ruellia tuberosa, Linn0.]jpg</refgallery> ==References== <references><ref name="deschemical composition">[http://www.hearstuartxchange.org/pier/species/ruellia_tuberosaRuellia.htm Ruellia tuberosa - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Riskhtml "chemical Constituents"]</ref> <ref name="usesLeaf">[http://wwweol.saintlucianplants.comorg/floweringplantspages/acanthaceae590262/rueltube/rueltube.html Roger Graveson's The Plants of Saint Lucia: Acanthaceaedetails "Morphology"]</ref> <ref name="uses2How to plant/cultivate">[httphttps://www.stuartxchangegardeningknowhow.orgcom/ornamental/flowers/ruellia/Ruelliagrowing-ruellia-wild-petunias.html htm "Requirements for Growing Ruellia tuberosa Linn."]</ref>

== External Links ==* [http://www.backyardnature.net/mexnat/ruellia.htm tuberosa on back yard nature.net]* [https://florafaunaweb.nparks.gov.sg/Special-Pages/plant-detail.aspx?id=2404 Ruellia tuberosa on flora fauna web.nparks.gov.sg]* [http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Minnie%20Root.html Ruellia tuberosa on flowers of india.com]*[https://enwww.wikipediasciencedirect.orgcom/science/wikiarticle/Ruellia_tuberosa pii/S0975357510800409 Ruellia tuberosaon science dierect]