Herbarium JCB

Trichodesma zeylanicum (Burm.f.) R.Br.

Family : BORAGINACEAE
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
Collection Nos : CJS 15735; HJCB-0296
Collector(s) Name : C.J.Saldanha; Raja K. Swamy & Arun Singh
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 : Herb
Native : India, Sri Lanka, Malaya, Australia, Mascarene Islands.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Collection Locality : Kannanur-Mallipatna (Hassan); Nagpuri (Hassan)
Distribution Locality : Bangalore, Belgaum, Bijapur, Chikamagalur, Davanagere, Gulbarga, Hassan, Mysore, Raichur, Shimoga, Tumkur, Uttara Kannada
Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere