✿Boraginaceae · Trichodesma
Chhota Kalpa / Indian Borage
Trichodesma indicum
Herboutdoor
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
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.
Botanical family
Boraginaceae
Borage family
Chhota Kalpa belongs to the Boraginaceae family.
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