Sahuai-Hrui / Shower Orchid
Congea tomentosa
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Mizoram, West Bengal, Kerala & more
How to identify Sahuai-Hrui
Identify Sahuai-Hrui by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Papery lavender bracts resembling orchid sprays.
- Confirm leaf surface: Pubescent.
- Confirm flower colour: Pink.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Spike (stalkless flowers along a stem).
- In India, compare location records such as Mizoram, West Bengal, Kerala, Manipur.
- Confirm it sits within the Verbenaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Sahuai-Hrui.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Congea tomentosa
- Genus
- Congea
- Family
- Verbenaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Mizoram, West Bengal, Kerala, Manipur
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- PubescentrecordedCovered in short, soft hairs.“The stems, leaves and bracts are covered with fine, downy hairs.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Sahuai-Hrui itself; the rest are typical of the Verbenaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Pinkrecorded
- Flower arrangement
- Spike (stalkless flowers along a stem)recorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Sahuai-Hrui itself; the rest are typical of the Verbenaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Mizo
- Sahuai-hrui
About Sahuai-Hrui
Shower Orchid (Congea tomentosa) belongs to the Verbenaceae family, where it grows as a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Mizoram, West Bengal, Kerala and 1 other states.
Verbenaceae
Verbena/Teak family
Sahuai-Hrui belongs to the Verbenaceae family.
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