Chamror
Ehretia canarensis
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- September-May
How to identify Chamror
Identify Chamror by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Confirm leaf shape: Lanceolate (long, narrow, tapering to a point).
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: September-May.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttarakhand and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Boraginaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Chamror.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ehretia canarensis
- Genus
- Ehretia
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Telangana, Assam, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Meghalaya, Gujarat, Nagaland, Sikkim, Jammu & Kashmir, Mizoram, Delhi, Bihar
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-May
- 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 Chamror 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 Chamror itself; the rest are typical of the Boraginaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Chamror
Chamror (Ehretia canarensis) belongs to the Boraginaceae family, where it grows as a tree. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka and 20 other states. Flowering and fruiting run from September to May.
Boraginaceae
Borage family
Chamror belongs to the Boraginaceae family.
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