Binda / Indian Squirrel Tail
Colebrookea oppositifolia
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- January-May
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Colebrookea oppositifolia
- Genus
- Colebrookea
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- South and Southeast Asia
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Sikkim, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Goa, Jharkhand, Mizoram, Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-May
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Tomentose (woolly, matted hairs)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Binda itself; the rest are typical of the Lamiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
- Flower arrangement
- Spike (stalkless flowers along a stem)recorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Nutlets
Characters marked “recorded” are for Binda itself; the rest are typical of the Lamiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Bhamber, Bhirmoli, बिंदा Binda, Binda
- Nepali
- धुसुरे Dhusure, दोसुल Dosul, धुल्सु Dhulsu, Dhulsu
- Bengali
- বশিক
- Kannada
- ತುಗ್ಗಿ Tuggi
- Marathi
- भामण Bhaman, Dasai, Bhaman, भामिनी
- Odia
- Bosik
- Punjabi
- Chiti suhali, Phis bhekkar, Shakkardana
About Binda
Indian Squirrel Tail (Colebrookea oppositifolia) belongs to the Lamiaceae family, where it grows as a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Karnataka and 15 other states. It grows in semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from January to May.
Lamiaceae
Mint/Sage family
Binda belongs to the Lamiaceae family.
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