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Turnera ulmifolia
Turnera ulmifolia
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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.