Dictamnus albus L.

 
  • Family : RUTACEAE
    (Rue Or Citrus Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : NIMBU FAMILY (नींबू फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Rutaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Dictamnus albus var. gynodynamicus Beck; Dictamnus altaicus Fisch. ex Royle; Dictamnus angustifolius G.Don ex Sweet; Dictamnus caucasicus (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Fisch. ex Grossh.; Dictamnus dasycarpus f. velutinus (Nakai) W.Lee; Dictamnus fraxinella Link; Dictamnus generalis E.H.L.Krause; Dictamnus gymnostylis Steven; Dictamnus himalayensis Royle; Dictamnus hispanicus Webb ex Willk.; Dictamnus macedonicus (Borbás) Pénzes; Dictamnus microphyllus Schur; Dictamnus obtusiflorus W.D.J.Koch; Dictamnus odorus Salisb.; Dictamnus sessilis Wallr.; Dictamnus solitarius Stokes; Dictamnus suffultus Wallr.; Dictamnus tadshikorum Vved.; Fraxinella alba (L.) Gaertn.; Fraxinella dictamnus Moench
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Dictamnus albus L.
  • Common name : Burning bush, Gas plant
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Woodland margins and rocky scree, mainly on calcareous soils; also cultivated
  • Key identification features : Perennial, strongly scented herb; Flowers pink white, showy.
  • Flower, Fruit : May-August
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Himachal Pradesh : Chamba district, Kinnaur district
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
  • Native : Albania, Altay, Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Romania, Sinai, South European Russia,
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Albania, Altay, Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Romania, Sinai, South European Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Yugoslavia
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 92
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Flora of Himachal Pradesh. Volume 1, Botanical Survey of India, 1984. Pg.: 141
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Dictamnus albus. Downloaded on 19 February 2025.

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