✿Myrtaceae · Callistemon
Weeping Bottlebrush
Callistemon viminalis
Shrub
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu & more
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Callistemon viminalis
- Genus
- Callistemon
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Native to
- Australia
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Telangana, Gujarat, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Mizoram, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chandigarh, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Nagaland, Odisha, Sikkim
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- OvaterecordedEgg-shaped, broader near the base.“Its leaves are arranged alternately and are 25–138 mm (1–5 in) long, 3–27 mm (0.1–1 in) wide, more or less flat, very narrow elliptical to narrow egg-shaped with the narrower end t” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Weeping Bottlebrush itself; the rest are typical of the Myrtaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Redrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Weeping Bottlebrush itself; the rest are typical of the Myrtaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Bengali
- বোতল ব্রাশ
About Weeping Bottlebrush
Weeping Bottlebrush (Callistemon viminalis) is a shrub in the Myrtaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and 18 other states.
Botanical family
Myrtaceae
Myrtle/Eucalyptus family
Weeping Bottlebrush belongs to the Myrtaceae family.
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