- Family : BORAGINACEAE
(BORAGE FAMILY or FORGET-ME-NOT FAMILY)
- Family (as per The Plant List) : Boraginaceae
- Species : Trichodesma zeylanicum
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Trichodesma zeylanicum (Burm.f.) R.Br.
- Common name : Camel Bush
- Vernacular name : Hetenuria, Jala Sirasa (Hin.); Kazhuthaikaali (Kaluthaikali) (Tam.); Pedda nosanugu (Tel.); Heta Mundia (Ori.)
- Key identification features : An erect herb with stout stem covered with long, soft, white hairs. Leaves are lanceolate, hairy with a sharp tip. Flowers are in clusters at branch ends, pale blue and is spread like a wheel (1-1.4 cm across) having radial faint bands and folds. Fruits are ovoid nutlets.
- Habit : Undershrub
- Flower, Fruit : September-March
- Comments : Often on hills by exposed slopes, arable and wastelands. A ready colonizer.
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Distribution Locality : Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills (Salem district), Maruthamalai Hills (Coimbatore district) (Tamil Nadu State); Horsley Hills, Chandragiri Hills (Chittoor district), Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Krishna district, Kurnool district, Srikakulam district, West Godavari district (Andhra Pradesh State); Koraput district, Sambalpur district (Odisha State)
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Mascarene Islands, Malaya, Australia
- Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Trichodesma zeylanicum. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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