Kaalo Bheree / Violet Skullcap
Scutellaria violacea
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Scutellaria violacea
- Genus
- Scutellaria
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Margins of Evergreen forests and grasslands. Also on the floor of sholas
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India, Himalayas, Sri Lanka, Nepal
- Found in India
- Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Karnataka, Maharashtra
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Typical of the Lamiaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Nutlets
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kaalo Bheree itself; the rest are typical of the Lamiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Nepali
- कालो भेरी Kaalo Bheree
- Tamil
- நோவு பச்சிலை Novu Pacchilai
- Kannada
- ಕಾಡುತುಳಸಿ Kaadutulasi
- Malayalam
- കാട്ടുതുളസി Kaattuthulasi
About Kaalo Bheree
Violet Skullcap (Scutellaria violacea) belongs to the Lamiaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and 4 other states. It grows in margins of Evergreen forests and grasslands. Also on the floor of sholas. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Lamiaceae
Mint/Sage family
Kaalo Bheree belongs to the Lamiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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