Elichuzhien / Hairy Stone Flower
Didymocarpus tomentosus
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- May-December
How to identify Elichuzhien
Identify Elichuzhien 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: Densely woolly leaves.
- Confirm leaf surface: Tomentose (woolly, matted hairs).
- Confirm flower colour: Purple.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: May-December.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu.
- Confirm it sits within the Gesneriaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Elichuzhien.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Didymocarpus tomentosus
- Genus
- Didymocarpus
- Family
- Gesneriaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- On wet rocks in grasslands and deciduous forests associate with Liverworts
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- May-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Tomentose (woolly, matted hairs)recorded
Characters marked “recorded” are for Elichuzhien itself; the rest are typical of the Gesneriaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Elichuzhien itself; the rest are typical of the Gesneriaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- Elichuzhien, Kalthamara
About Elichuzhien
Hairy Stone Flower (Didymocarpus tomentosus) belongs to the Gesneriaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu. It grows in on wet rocks in grasslands and deciduous forests associate with Liverworts. Flowering and fruiting run from May to December.
Gesneriaceae
Gesneria Family
Elichuzhien belongs to the Gesneriaceae family.
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