Chamsuru / Wild Mustard
Rorippa indica
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Assam, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- October-June
How to identify Chamsuru
Identify Chamsuru 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: Weedy herb of damp ground.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: October-June.
- In India, compare location records such as Assam, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Brassicaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Chamsuru.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Rorippa indica
- Genus
- Rorippa
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Wet places in hilly areas
- Habitat type
- Wetland
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia, China, Japan and Africa
- Found in India
- Assam, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Punjab
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-June
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Brassicaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Chamsuru itself; the rest are typical of the Brassicaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Chamsuru
- Nepali
- पहेलो झार Pahelo jhar
- Kannada
- kaadu saasive
About Chamsuru
Wild Mustard (Rorippa indica) is a herb in the Brassicaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Assam, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and 8 other states. It grows in wet places in hilly areas. Flowering and fruiting run from October to June.
Brassicaceae
Mustard family
Chamsuru belongs to the Brassicaceae family.
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