Sundrops
Turnera ulmifolia
Also known as Yellow Alder
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Sundrops
Identify Sundrops 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.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Turneraceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Sundrops.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Turnera ulmifolia
- Genus
- Turnera
- Family
- Turneraceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Grown as Garden plant
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- West Indies
- Distribution
- Cultivated in most tropics of the world
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Assam, Goa, Gujarat, Odisha, Tripura, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Daman & Diu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Bengali
- বাসন্তী
- Malayalam
- ചെരവത്താലി
About Sundrops
Sundrops (Turnera ulmifolia) is a herb in the Turneraceae family. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka and 16 other states. It is grown as Garden plant. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Uses
It is planted as an ornamental.
Turneraceae
Turnera Family
Sundrops belongs to the Turneraceae family.
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