Botanical Family · Boraginales
Boraginaceae
Borage family
34 speciesOrder Boraginales8+ well-known plants
The borage family of herbs, shrubs, and trees, characterised by rough, stiff or hairy stems and leaves and small flowers often arranged in scorpioid cymes that uncoil as they bloom. Includes forget-me-nots, heliotropes, and the Indian timber tree Cordia.
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How to recognise the Boraginaceae family
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Rough hispid hairs on stems and leaves
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Flowers in coiled scorpioid cymes
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4 nutlets or drupe fruit
Typical leaf characters
Characters typical of the family — individual species can vary.
Typical flower & fruit
Typical of the family — flowering plants only; species can vary.
Notable members
All 34 species in BORAGINACEAE
- Common Hill BorageAdelocaryum coelestinum
- ScorpionbushCarmona retusa
- Creeping ColdeniaColdenia procumbens
- NettletreeCordia alba
- Indian CherryCordia dichotoma
- Grey-Leaved SaucerberryCordia gharaf
- Yellow GeigerCordia lutea
- DahmanCordia macleodii
- Sandpaper SaucerberryCordia monoica
- Assyrian PlumCordia myxa
- Orange Geiger Tree, Geiger Tree, Scarlet CordiaCordia sebestena
- Ceylon Hound's Tongue, Ceylon Forget Me NotCynoglossum zeylanicum
- AnacuaEhretia anacua
- ChamrorEhretia canarensis
- Fukien TeaEhretia microphylla
- Alkali HeliotropeHeliotropium curassavicum
- Indian Heliotrope, Indian TurnsoleHeliotropium indicum
- Greyleaf HeliotropeHeliotropium ovalifolium
- Indian Forget-Me-Not, Red JasmineHeliotropium strigosum
- Dwarf HeliotropeHeliotropium supinum
- Aquatic RotulaRotula aquatica
- BarbbellsTrichodesma amplexicaule
- Clasping-Leaf BorageTrichodesma inaequale
- Indian BorageTrichodesma indicum
- Camel BushTrichodesma zeylanicum
- Cordia diffusa
- Ehretia anacua
- Ehretia laevis
- Ehretia pubescens
- Heliotropium scabrum
- Paracaryopsis lambertiana
- Paracaryum malabaricum
- Tournefortia reticosa
- Trichodesma sedgwickianum
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