• Family : TURNERACEAE
  (Turnera Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : YELLOW ALDER FAMILY
• Family (as per The APG System III) : PASSIFLORACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Turnera ulmifolia var. elegans (Otto ex Nees) Urb.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Turnera subulata Sm.
• Common name : West Indian Holly, Sage Rose
• Habit : Undershrub
• Habitat : Grown as ornamental plant, often found as an escape
• Comments / notes : Rare in the Hills of Eastern Ghats
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Distribution :
  • Kerala : Kannur district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Thrissur district, Ernakulam district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
• Native : Tropical America
• World Distribution : Malesia to Sri Lanka, India
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara.
• 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=Turnera subulata. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

Botanical Description