Gulsham / Blue Eranthemum
Eranthemum roseum
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Gujarat & more
- Flowering
- November-January
How to identify Gulsham
Identify Gulsham 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.
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: Blue.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: November-January.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Karnataka and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Acanthaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Gulsham.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Eranthemum roseum
- Genus
- Eranthemum
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Deciduous forests and scrub jungles
- Distribution
- Peninsular India
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Karnataka, Goa, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Telangana, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- November-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Gulsham itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Bluerecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Gulsham itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- गुलशाम Gulsham, नील वासक Nil Vasak
- Tamil
- நீலமுள்ளி Nila-malli
- Kannada
- ಕಪ್ಪುಬೊಬ್ಬುಳಿ Kappubobbuli, ಕಪ್ಪುಕರ್ಣಿ Kappukarni
- Marathi
- दशमूली Dashamuli, रान आबोली Ran Aboli
About Gulsham
Blue eranthemum (Eranthemum roseum) is a shrub in the Acanthaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Gujarat and 9 other states. It grows in deciduous forests and scrub jungles. Flowering and fruiting run from November to January.
Acanthaceae
Acanthus family
Gulsham belongs to the Acanthaceae family.
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