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{{Common names|kn=holechulliHolechulli, mullu Mullu chulli, tudechulliTudechulli|ml=painaschulliPainaschulli, payinnachulliPayinnachulli|sa=harikasaHarikasa, harikusaHarikusa|ta=arrumulliArrumulli, kaludaimulliKaludaimulli, uppukkarinirumulliUppukkarinirumulli, painaPaina-schulli|te=alasyakampaAlasyakampa, thude Thude chulli|hi=harcuchHarcuch-kanta, hargozaHargoza|en=Sea Holly}}

{{Leaf|Simple|Opposite|nodes Nodes with a pair of spines at the base of the petiole; stilt-roots arising from lower portion of stem. Leaves opposite-decussate, simple, 7-15 x 6-9 cm, variously shaped, elliptic, ovate-oblong, or ovate- lanceolate, narrowed at base, spinous at apex, glabrous, coriaceous, sinuately lobed and spinulose along margins, rarely entire; midrib prominent, lateral veins 4-12 pairs, estipulate; petiole usually 0.5-1 cm and rarely up to 2.5 cm long, terete. }}<ref name="Leaf"/>

{{Flower|Bisexual|Terminal or pseudo-axillary spikes|Bluish-violet|4|Flowers sessile, 3.5-x 3.5 cm across; bract 0.6-0.8 x 0.5 cm, ovate, acute, margin ciliate; bracteoles 2, conspicuous, partly covered by the bract, lanceolate, persistent. Calyx green, 4-partite, lobes glabrous, 12-15 x 1 mm, shortly connate in two opposite pairs, the outer pair larger. Corolla bluish-violet, 3 cm long with a short tube closed by basal hairs; upper lip obsolete, lower lip broadly 3-lobed to entire, recurved by the middle portion. Stamens 4, attached to the throat of corolla tube, didynamous; filaments 13-16 mm long, stout, curved, more or less flat; anthers aggregated around the style, c. 1.2 cm long, connectives thickly hairy, medifixed, bilobed, one lobe sterile, dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary 2-loculed; ovules 2 in each locule on axile placenta; style c. 2.7 cm long, slender, terete; stigma bifid. }}

{{Fruit|A capsule|3-3.5 x 1.3-1.6 cm||ellipsoid Ellipsoid or ovoid-oblong, glabrous, 3-3.5 x 1.3-1.6 cm, apiculate|seeds 4, compressed, orbicular, 1.3-1.5 x 1- 1.2 cm, supported on short-hooked retinacula.}}