Dhadhona / Camel Bush
Trichodesma zeylanicum
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat & more
- Flowering
- September-March
How to identify Dhadhona
Identify Dhadhona 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: Widespread weedy species (camel bush).
- Confirm leaf shape: Lanceolate (long, narrow, tapering to a point).
- Confirm flower colour: Blue/violet.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: September-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Boraginaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Dhadhona.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Trichodesma zeylanicum
- Genus
- Trichodesma
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Often on hills by exposed slopes, arable and wastelands. A ready colonizer
- Habitat type
- Wasteland
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Mascarene Islands, Malaya, Australia
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-March
- 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 Dhadhona 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 Dhadhona itself; the rest are typical of the Boraginaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- dhadhona, hetemuria, jalasirasa
- Tamil
- kalutaikkali
- Kannada
- ethina naalige gida, gaaya maari
- Marathi
- jalashirasi
About Dhadhona
Camel Bush (Trichodesma zeylanicum) belongs to the Boraginaceae family, where it grows as a low shrub. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat and 6 other states. It grows in often on hills by exposed slopes, arable and wastelands. A ready colonizer. Flowering and fruiting run from September to March.
Boraginaceae
Borage family
Dhadhona belongs to the Boraginaceae family.
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