Tiktaa / Split Leaf Sopubia
Sopubia trifida
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Kerala & more
- Flowering
- November-May
How to identify Tiktaa
Identify Tiktaa 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: Leaves split into three lobes.
- Confirm flower colour: Pink.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: November-May.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Scrophulariaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Tiktaa.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Sopubia trifida
- Genus
- Sopubia
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Grasslands
- Habitat type
- Grassland
- Native to
- Indo-Himalaya
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Indo-China, West and Central China, Malesia
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- November-May
- 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 Tiktaa itself; the rest are typical of the Scrophulariaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Nepali
- तिक्ता Tiktaa, साल्चा Saalchaa
About Tiktaa
Split Leaf Sopubia (Sopubia trifida) is a herb in the Scrophulariaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Kerala and 5 other states. It grows in grasslands. Flowering and fruiting run from November to May.
Scrophulariaceae
Figwort family
Tiktaa belongs to the Scrophulariaceae family.
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