Nil Hurhure / Purple Cleome
Cleome rutidosperma
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra, West Bengal & more
- Flowering
- August-February
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cleome rutidosperma
- Genus
- Cleome
- Family
- Capparaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Moist places
- Habitat type
- Wetland
- Native to
- Tropical Africa
- Distribution
- India, Tropical Africa, Caribbean, Malaysia, Myanmar, Bangladesh
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Goa, Odisha, Telangana, Puducherry, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Gujarat, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Rajasthan, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Tripura
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-February
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- TrifoliaterecordedA compound leaf made of exactly three leaflets.“The leaves are trifoliate.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf shape
- Trifoliate (three leaflets)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Nil Hurhure itself; the rest are typical of the Capparaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Purple/pinkrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Nil Hurhure itself; the rest are typical of the Capparaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Bengali
- নীল হুরহুরে Nil Hurhure, নীল হুড়হুড়ে
- Malayalam
- നീലവേല
About Nil Hurhure
A member of the Capparaceae family, Purple Cleome (Cleome rutidosperma) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Maharashtra, West Bengal and 19 other states. It grows in moist places. Flowering and fruiting run from August to February.
Uses
It is grown for parts that are eaten.
Capparaceae
Caper Family
Nil Hurhure belongs to the Capparaceae family.
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