Ehretia pubescens
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- July-February
How to identify Ehretia pubescens
Identify Ehretia pubescens 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.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Densely hairy (pubescent) leaves.
- Confirm leaf shape: Lanceolate (long, narrow, tapering to a point).
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: July-February.
- 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 Ehretia pubescens.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ehretia pubescens
- Genus
- Ehretia
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India
- 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
- July-February
- 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 Ehretia pubescens 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 Ehretia pubescens itself; the rest are typical of the Boraginaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Ehretia pubescens
A member of the Boraginaceae family, Ehretia pubescens is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka and 20 other states. It grows in dry deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from July to February.
Boraginaceae
Borage family
Ehretia pubescens belongs to the Boraginaceae family.
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