How to identify Tournefortia reticosa
Identify Tournefortia reticosa by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Confirm leaf shape: Lanceolate (long, narrow, tapering to a point).
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-February.
- Confirm it sits within the Boraginaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Tournefortia reticosa.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Tournefortia reticosa
- Genus
- Tournefortia
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-February
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Lanceolate (long, narrow, tapering to a point)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Tournefortia reticosa itself; the rest are typical of the Boraginaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Nutlets
Characters marked “recorded” are for Tournefortia reticosa itself; the rest are typical of the Boraginaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Tournefortia reticosa
Tournefortia reticosa belongs to the Boraginaceae family, where it grows as a shrub. It grows in evergreen and semi-evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from August to February.
Boraginaceae
Borage family
Tournefortia reticosa belongs to the Boraginaceae family.
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