Tecticornia indica is a species of plant that is succulent and halophyte (salt tolerant) which grows in salt marshes on tropical areas of the world.

This plant belongs to the Chenopodiaceae, which are now included in family Amaranthaceae.

Stem & branches are modified as main photosynthetic structures.

Capsule is hard and it contains many seeds that are hairy.

The Walmajarri people of the southern Kimberley call this plant Mungily.