Dudhali / Common Sopubia
Sopubia delphinifolia
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- July-January
How to identify Dudhali
Identify Dudhali 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: Finely divided leaves resembling delphinium.
- Confirm flower colour: Pink.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: July-January.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand.
- Confirm it sits within the Scrophulariaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Dudhali.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Sopubia delphinifolia
- Genus
- Sopubia
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Typical of the Scrophulariaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Pinkrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Dudhali itself; the rest are typical of the Scrophulariaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Marathi
- दुधाली Dudhali
About Dudhali
A member of the Scrophulariaceae family, Common Sopubia (Sopubia delphinifolia) is a low shrub. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and 1 other states. Flowering and fruiting run from July to January.
Scrophulariaceae
Figwort family
Dudhali belongs to the Scrophulariaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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