Chhota Kalpa / Indian Borage
Trichodesma indicum
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Chhota Kalpa
Identify Chhota Kalpa 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: Bristly hairy stems and leaves.
- Confirm leaf shape: Lanceolate (long, narrow, tapering to a point).
- Confirm flower colour: Blue/violet.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Boraginaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Chhota Kalpa.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Trichodesma indicum
- Genus
- Trichodesma
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Distribution
- India, Afghanistan, subtropical Himalayas, Myanmar, Philippines, Mauritius
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha, Chandigarh, Daman & Diu, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Kerala, Delhi, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- 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 Chhota Kalpa itself; the rest are typical of the Boraginaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Blue/violetrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Nutlets
Characters marked “recorded” are for Chhota Kalpa itself; the rest are typical of the Boraginaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- छोटा कल्पा Chhota Kalpa
- Nepali
- कनिके कुरो Kanike kuro
- Tamil
- Kavil thumbai
- Kannada
- Katte tume soppu
- Marathi
- छोटा कल्पा Chota Kalpa
About Chhota Kalpa
Indian Borage (Trichodesma indicum) belongs to the Boraginaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka and 18 other states. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Boraginaceae
Borage family
Chhota Kalpa belongs to the Boraginaceae family.
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