✿Boraginaceae · Carmona
Scorpionbush
Carmona retusa
Shruboutdoor
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka
- Flowering
- July-March
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Carmona retusa
- Genus
- Carmona
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Open deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Malaysia to Formosa, Philippines
- Found in India
- Karnataka
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Lanceolate (long, narrow, tapering to a point)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Scorpionbush itself; the rest are typical of the Boraginaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Nutlets
Characters marked “recorded” are for Scorpionbush itself; the rest are typical of the Boraginaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- குரங்கு வெற்றிலை
- Malayalam
- കുരങ്ങുവെറ്റില
About Scorpionbush
Scorpionbush (Carmona retusa) belongs to the Boraginaceae family, where it grows as a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka. It grows in open deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from July to March.
Botanical family
Boraginaceae
Borage family
Scorpionbush belongs to the Boraginaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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