Turnera ulmifolia

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Photographs by: Dr. Maulik Gadani

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  • Botanical Name : Turnera ulmifolia L.
  • Common Name : Yellow Alder, Yellow Buttercups, Sage Rose
  • Plant Family : Passifloraceae
  • Plant Form : Herb
  • Occurrence (Special Areas) : Gujarat Forestry Research Foundation, Aranya Van

About Turnera ulmifolia Plant :

  • Habit : An erect, perennial, undershrub, with smooth, dark-brown bark.
  • Leaves : Elliptic-lanceolate, appressed-hairy.
  • Flowers : Bright-yellow  to almost white, solitary in uppermost axils.
  • Fruits :
    • Capsules greyish-tomentose, ovoid, obtuse.
    • Seeds minute, cylindric-clavate.
  • Flowering and Fruiting Time : July - September
  • Significance : Generally grown as a ornamental.