Occurrence (Special Areas) :
Indroda Park, Ayurvedic Udyan
About Scaevola taccada Plant :
Habit : An erect shrub with stem and branches terete, thick, pale green.
Leaves : Alternate, gathered mostly towards the ends of the branches, alternate, obovate, obtuse, entire, glabrous, tapered at the base into a stout petiole.
Inflorescence : Axillary cymes.
Flowers :
White, calyx lobes 5, the tube about equal in length, accrescent in fruit.
Corolla 2-3 cm long, lobes 1-1.3 cm long, spreading, elliptic obovate, the central portion thick and stiff, the margins thin, membranous.
Style stout, 2 cm long.
Stamens 5.
Fruit : Drupe, 2 cm diameter, furrowed with ripe and crowned by the persistent calyx lobes.
