Trichodesma indicum

• Botanical Name : Trichodesma indicum (L.) Lehm.
• Synonyms : Borago indica L.
• Common Name : Undha Phuli, Indian Borage
• Plant Family : Boraginaceae
• Plant Form : Herb
• Occurrence (Sectors) : 9, 27, 30
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Gujarat Forestry Research Foundation, Sarita Udyan

About Trichodesma indicum Plant :

• Habit : An annual, erect, very hispid herb.
• Leaves : Opposite or alternate, variable, ovate, oblong or lanceolate-oblong, obtuse, cordate with stiff hairs.
• Inflorescence : Solitary and leaf opposed and in terminal cymes.
• Flowers :
  • Pale-violet, pedicellate, pedicels hispid.
  • Calyx 5-partite, hairy, segments lanceolate, united by basal auricles.
  • Corolla lobes 5, oblique, funnel-shaped, hairy, ovate deltoid.
  • Stamens 5, filaments short, anthers forming a cone, hairy, connective produced into linear appendages which are twisted together.
  • Ovary narrow, tapering into a style.
• Fruits : Nutlets 4, with persistent style.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : August - October