Tripungkee / Creeping Coldenia
Coldenia procumbens
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- December-August
How to identify Tripungkee
Identify Tripungkee 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: Low creeping mat with hairy wrinkled leaves.
- Confirm leaf shape: Lanceolate (long, narrow, tapering to a point).
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: December-August.
- In India, compare location records such as Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Telangana and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Boraginaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Tripungkee.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Coldenia procumbens
- Genus
- Coldenia
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Wastelands, dried up ponds
- Distribution
- Pantropical
- Found in India
- Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Telangana, Odisha, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Bihar, Assam, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-August
- 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 Tripungkee 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 Tripungkee itself; the rest are typical of the Boraginaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Tripungkee, Tripungki, Tripunkhi
- Tamil
- செருப்படை, Seruppadai, Sirupadi
- Telugu
- Hamapadi, Hamsapdu, Chepputattaku
- Kannada
- Hamsapaadi, Godaapadi
- Marathi
- Tripunkhi, Taripakshi, त्रिपंखी
About Tripungkee
Creeping Coldenia (Coldenia procumbens) belongs to the Boraginaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and 12 other states. It grows in wastelands, dried up ponds. Flowering and fruiting run from December to August.
Boraginaceae
Borage family
Tripungkee belongs to the Boraginaceae family.
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