• Family : BORAGINACEAE
  (Forget-Me-Not Or Borage Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : LASORA FAMILY (लसोड़ा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : BORAGINACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Trichodesma zeylanicum (Burm.f.) R.Br.
• Common name : Camel Bush
• Vernacular name : Hetenuria, Jala Sirasa (Hindi); Kazhuthaikaali (Kaluthaikali) (Tamil); Pedda nosanugu (Telugu); Heta Mundia (Oria)
• Habit : Undershrub
• Habitat : Often on hills by exposed slopes, arable and wastelands. A ready colonizer.
• Flower, Fruit : September-March
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Krishna district, Kurnool district, Srikakulam district, West Godavari district
  • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district
  • Odisha : Sambalpur district, Koraput district
  • Tamil Nadu : Salem district, Namakkal district, Coimbatore district, Vellore district
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Mascarene Islands, Malaya, Australia
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• 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; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Trichodesma zeylanicum. Downloaded on 7 October 2025.

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