<p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Convolvulaceae&amp;w=91314344@N00&amp;m=tags">Convolvulaceae</a> (convolvulus, bindweed, or morning glory family) » <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Cressacretica&amp;w=91314344@N00&amp;m=tags">Cressa cretica</a></i>
</p><p><b>KRESS-a</b> -- from the Greek <i>Kressa</i>, a reference to a Cretan woman
<b>KRET-ee-kuh</b> -- of or from Crete
</p><p><b>commonly known as</b>: littoral bind weed, rosin cress • <b>Hindi</b>: रुद्रवंती rudravanti • <b>Kannada</b>: ಮುಳ್ಳುಮದ್ದುಗಿಡ mullumaddugida • <b>Konkani</b>: चवल chaval • <b>Malayalam</b>: അഴുകണ്ണി azhukanni • <b>Marathi</b>: लोण lona, रुद्रवंती rudravanti • <b>Sanskrit</b>: रुद्रवन्ति rudravanti • <b>Tamil</b>: உப்பு மரிக்கொழுந்து uppu marikkozhundhu • <b>Telugu</b>: ఉప్పుగడ్డి uppugaddi, ఉప్పుసెనగ uppusenaga
</p><p><b>Native to</b>: Mediterranean region, India, Australia
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<b>References</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www,flowersofindia.in/catalog/slides/Rudravanti.html">Flowers of India</a> • <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.impgc.com/plantinfo_A.php?id=488&amp;bc=Raw%20Herbs%20%C3%82%C2%BB%20Fruits">IMPGC</a> • <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.aluka.org/action/showCompilationPage?doi=10.5555/AL.AP.COMPILATION.PLANT-NAME-SPECIES.CRESSA.CRETICA&amp;cookieSet=1">Aluka</a> • <i>Further Flowers of Sahyadri</i> by Shrikant Ingalhalikar
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/91314344@N00">Dinesh Valke</a> from Thane, India
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/2146109102/">Mullumaddugida (Kannada: ಮುಳ್ಳುಮದ್ದುಗಿಡ)</a>