Alkali Heliotrope
Heliotropium curassavicum
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- March-January
How to identify Alkali Heliotrope
Identify Alkali Heliotrope 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: Grows in salty/alkaline soils.
- Confirm leaf shape: Sagittate (arrowhead-shaped).
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: March-January.
- In India, compare location records such as Gujarat, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Boraginaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Alkali Heliotrope.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Heliotropium curassavicum
- Genus
- Heliotropium
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Distribution
- Coasts of Paleotropics
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Daman & Diu
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Sagittate (arrowhead-shaped)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Alkali Heliotrope 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 Alkali Heliotrope itself; the rest are typical of the Boraginaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- নোনা হাতিশুড়
- Bengali
- নোনা হাতিশুড়
About Alkali Heliotrope
A member of the Boraginaceae family, Alkali Heliotrope (Heliotropium curassavicum) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and 3 other states. Flowering and fruiting run from March to January.
Boraginaceae
Borage family
Alkali Heliotrope belongs to the Boraginaceae family.
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