Scaevola taccada (Gaertn.) Roxb.

 
  • Family : GOODENIACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Goodeniaceae
  • Species : Scaevola taccada
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Scaevola taccada (Gaertn.) Roxb.
  • Collection Nos : KFP 4040
  • Key identification features : A large bushy shrub. Branches are stout, greenish. Leaves obovate, obtuse at apex, gradually narrowed at the base. Flowers are in axillary cymes. Corolla is white, curved, hairy within, lobes spreading. Drupes ovoid or subglobose, white or purplish. Common on seashore sands.
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Comments : Common on sea shore sand
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Udupi, Dakshina Kannada
  • Floras referred : Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara

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