Corosinam / Indian Spur-Anther Flower
Centranthera indica
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Arunachal Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- July-December
How to identify Corosinam
Identify Corosinam by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Spurred anthers.
- Confirm leaf arrangement: Opposite.
- Confirm leaf surface: Pubescent.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Solitary.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: July-December.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Centranthera indica
- Genus
- Centranthera
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous forests and grasslands
- Native to
- Tropical Asia, Australia
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar to Malaysia, China, Australia
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-December
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- OppositerecordedTwo leaves arise from the stem at the same point, facing each other.“Sessile hairy leaves are basally opposite and upper ones are alternate.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- PubescentrecordedCovered in short, soft hairs.“Sessile hairy leaves are basally opposite and upper ones are alternate.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Corosinam itself; the rest are typical of the Scrophulariaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
- Flower arrangement
- SolitaryrecordedA single flower borne alone, not in a cluster.“Flowers are solitary, axillary and rose or white colored corolla is tubular, incurved and dilated above with 5 lobes.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Corosinam itself; the rest are typical of the Scrophulariaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- കൊറോസിനം Corosinam
About Corosinam
A member of the Scrophulariaceae family, Indian Spur-Anther Flower (Centranthera indica) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Arunachal Pradesh and 1 other states. It grows in moist deciduous forests and grasslands. Flowering and fruiting run from July to December.
Scrophulariaceae
Figwort family
Corosinam belongs to the Scrophulariaceae family.
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