Bhurat / Forest Burr
Pupalia lappacea
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Rajasthan, Telangana & more
- Flowering
- July-January
How to identify Bhurat
Identify Bhurat by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a undershrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Hooked burr-like fruit that clings to clothing/fur.
- Confirm leaf shape: Simple oval/lance-shaped.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: July-January.
- In India, compare location records such as Gujarat, Rajasthan, Telangana, Delhi and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Amaranthaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Bhurat.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Pupalia lappacea
- Genus
- Pupalia
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Plains and foothills of deciduous forests, also in some areas in moist deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka,Malesia, East Africa
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Rajasthan, Telangana, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Simple oval/lance-shapedrecorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bhurat itself; the rest are typical of the Amaranthaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Achene
Typical of the Amaranthaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Hindi
- भूरट Bhurat, दिन का तारा Din Ka Tara, झोझरू Jhojhru
- Nepali
- उल्टा कुरो Ulta Kuro
- Bengali
- দুয়ো কুয়ো Duya Kuya
- Tamil
- ஆடைஒட்டி Ataiotti, ஒட்டொட்டி Ottotti
- Kannada
- ಅಂಟುಪುರಲೆ ಗಿಡ Antupurale Gida, ಬಿಳಿ ಉತ್ತರಾಣಿ Bili Uttaraani, ಹರಿದಛಗ Haridacchaga
- Malayalam
- പൂപ്പാൽവള്ളി Pooppaalvalli
- Marathi
- चिकटा Chikta
About Bhurat
A member of the Amaranthaceae family, Forest Burr (Pupalia lappacea) is a low shrub. In India it has been recorded in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Telangana and 10 other states. It grows in plains and foothills of deciduous forests, also in some areas in moist deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from July to January.
Amaranthaceae
Amaranth family
Bhurat belongs to the Amaranthaceae family.
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