Gidar Tamaku / Coromandel Mullein
Verbascum chinense
Also known as Chinese Mullein
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir & more
- Flowering
- August-November
How to identify Gidar Tamaku
Identify Gidar Tamaku 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: Tall woolly-leaved flower spike (mullein).
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-November.
- In India, compare location records such as Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand.
- Confirm it sits within the Scrophulariaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Gidar Tamaku.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Verbascum chinense
- Genus
- Verbascum
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- On plains; in sand along rivers
- Habitat type
- Wetland
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, China, Bago
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-November
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Typical of the Scrophulariaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Gidar Tamaku itself; the rest are typical of the Scrophulariaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Bengali
- কুকসিমা Kukshima
- Dogri
- जंगली तम्हाकू Jungali Tamhaku
- Gujarati
- કલહાર Kalhar, કુલાહલ Kulahal, કુટકી Kutki
- Hindi
- गीदड़ तमाकू Gidar Tamaku, कोखिमा Kokhima, कुकशिम Kukshim, कुलाहल Kulahal
- Kachchhi
- અડબાઉ મૂરી Adbau Muri
- Kannada
- ಕಾಡು ಹೊಗೇಸೊಪ್ಪು Kaadu Hogesoppu
- Marathi
- कुटकी Kutki
- Odia
- କୁଳାହକ Kulahaka, ପୋକଶୁଂଘା Poka Sungha
- Rajasthani
- गीदड़ तमाकू Gidar Tamaku
- Sanskrit
- भूतकेशी Bhutakeshi, कुलाहक Kulahaka, कुलाहल Kulahala
- Tamil
- ஆற்றுமேலழகி Arrumelalaki
- Urdu
- کلاهل Kulahal
About Gidar Tamaku
A member of the Scrophulariaceae family, Coromandel Mullein (Verbascum chinense) is a low shrub. In India it has been recorded in Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and 1 other states. It grows in on plains; in sand along rivers. Flowering and fruiting run from August to November.
Scrophulariaceae
Figwort family
Gidar Tamaku belongs to the Scrophulariaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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