Kunden / Greyleaf Heliotrope
Heliotropium ovalifolium
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Gujarat
- Flowering
- February-October
How to identify Kunden
Identify Kunden 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: Grey-green oval leaves.
- Confirm leaf shape: Lanceolate (long, narrow, tapering to a point).
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: February-October.
- In India, compare location records such as Gujarat.
- Confirm it sits within the Boraginaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Kunden.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Heliotropium ovalifolium
- Genus
- Heliotropium
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Native to
- Africa, Australia and Asia
- Distribution
- Australia, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Madagascar, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, South Africa, Tanzania, Tropical Himalayas
- Found in India
- Gujarat
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-October
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Lanceolate (long, narrow, tapering to a point)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kunden 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 Kunden itself; the rest are typical of the Boraginaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Kunden
About Kunden
Greyleaf Heliotrope (Heliotropium ovalifolium) belongs to the Boraginaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Gujarat. Flowering and fruiting run from February to October.
Boraginaceae
Borage family
Kunden belongs to the Boraginaceae family.
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