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Indian Borage |
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| Halbi Name |
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| Vernacular name | Chhota Kalpa | |
| Scientific name | Trichodesma indicum | |
| Family | ||
| Season | Kharif | |
| Description | ||
| Plant | This is an erect, spreading, branched, annual herb, about 50 centimeters in height, with hairs springing from tubercles. | |
| Leaves | The leaves are stalkless, opposite, lanceolate, 2 to 8 centimeters long, pointed at the tip, and heart-shaped at the base | Photo Gallery |
| Flower | The flowers occur singly in the axils of the leaves. The sepal tube (calyx) is green, hairy, and 1 to 13 centimeters long, with pointed lobes. The flower tube is pale blue, with the limb about 1.5 centimeters in diameter, and the petals pointed. | |
| Fruit/ seed | The fruit is ellipsoid, and is enclosed by the calyx. The nutlets are about 5 millimeters long, and rough on the inner surface. | |
| Habitat and distribution | Roadsides and stony dry wastelands, upto 1,500 m | |
| Flowering and fruiting | August -December | |
| Associated with | Road side flora | |
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