Gawati Tilwan / Simple Leaved Clammyweed
Cleome simplicifolia
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Telangana
- Flowering
- July-December
How to identify Gawati Tilwan
Identify Gawati Tilwan 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: Simple (undivided) leaves.
- Confirm leaf shape: Simple oval/round.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: July-December.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Telangana.
- Confirm it sits within the Capparaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Gawati Tilwan.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cleome simplicifolia
- Genus
- Cleome
- Family
- Capparaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Cultivated and waste places
- Habitat type
- Cultivated, Wasteland
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Telangana
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-December
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Simple oval/roundrecorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Gawati Tilwan itself; the rest are typical of the Capparaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Gawati Tilwan itself; the rest are typical of the Capparaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Marathi
- गवती तिळवण Gawati tilwan
About Gawati Tilwan
A member of the Capparaceae family, Simple Leaved Clammyweed (Cleome simplicifolia) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra and Telangana. It is cultivated and waste places. Flowering and fruiting run from July to December.
Capparaceae
Caper Family
Gawati Tilwan belongs to the Capparaceae family.
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