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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Ruellia asperula''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
| familia = [[Acanthaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Ruellia]]''
| species = '''''R. asperula'''''
| binomial = ''Ruellia asperula''
| binomial_authority = [[Benth.]] & [[Hook.f.]]
}}
'''''Ruellia asperula''''' ([[synonymy|syn.]] ''Stephanophysum asperulum'' [[Mart.]] & [[Nees]]) is a [[medicinal plant]] native to [[Brazil]] and classified as [[Caatinga]] [[vegetation]] and [[Cerrado]] [[vegetation]].
Flowers, leaves, and roots of this plant are usually macerated and used to treat [[asthma]], [[bronchitis]], [[fever]], [[flu]], and [[uterus|uteral]] inflammation.
==See also==
* [[List of plants of Caatinga vegetation of Brazil]]
* [[List of plants of Cerrado vegetation of Brazil]]
==External links==
*[http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/94/3/365 Floral Traits and Pollination Systems in the Caatinga, a Brazilian Tropical Dry Forest by Isabel Cristina Machado and Ariadna Valentina Lopes]
*[http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/supplementary/1746-4269-2-15-S1.pdf#search=%22Ruellia%20asperula%20%22 ''Ruellia asperula'']
* {{pt icon}} [http://umbuzeiro.cnip.org.br/db/pnechk/taxa/31.html ''Ruellia asperula'']
[[Category:Ruellia]]
{{Acanthaceae-stub}}