About Hopseed bush
Dodonaea viscosa, also known as the broadleaf hopbush, is a species of flowering plant in the Dodonaea (hopbush) genus that has a cosmopolitan distribution in tropical, subtropical and warm temperate regions of Africa, the Americas, southern Asia and Australasia. Dodonaea is part of Sapindaceae, the soapberry family. This species is notable for its extremely wide distribution, which it achieved only over the last 2 million years (from its region of origin in Australia) via oceanic dispersal. Harrington and Gadek (2009) referred to D. viscosa as having "a distribution equal to some of the world's greatest transoceanic dispersers".
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Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Dodonaea viscosa
- Genus
- Dodonaea
- Family
- SAPINDACEAE
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Shola, evergreen, dry deciduous and scrub forests Key identification features : A large shrub to small tree up to 8 m height.Young shoots are more or less viscid with yellow resin. Leaves are simple, linear-oblong to narrowly oblanceolate, up to 11 cm long, 4.5cm broad. Inflorescence is a panicle of racemes. Flowers are polygamous, corolla is white with recurved margin, stamens are 8 and exserted, ovary is entire with terminal style which is once branched above the middle,stigma is capitate. Fruit is a capsule 1.5 cm broad with wings
- Distribution
- Pantropical
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- Sanatta, विलायती मेहॆंदी Vilayti-mehdi, Sinatha
- Tamil
- Virali, விராலி
- Telugu
- Bandaru, Pullena
- Kannada
- Bandaru, ಬಂದರೆ, ಬಂಡಾರೆ Bandare
- Malayalam
- Vrali, Unnataruvi, വ്രാളി
- Marathi
- Lutchmi
Sapindaceae
Soapberry/Lychee family
Hopseed bush belongs to the Sapindaceae family.
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