Boater Bush
Waltheria indica
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Telangana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Boater Bush
Identify Boater Bush 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: Small yellow flower clusters, weedy roadside habit.
- Confirm leaf shape: Elliptic (widest at middle).
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow-green.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Telangana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Sterculiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Boater Bush.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Waltheria indica
- Genus
- Waltheria
- Family
- Sterculiaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Native to
- Pantropical
- Distribution
- Pantropical
- Found in India
- Telangana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Gujarat, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Goa, Kerala, Bihar, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Elliptic (widest at middle)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Boater Bush itself; the rest are typical of the Sterculiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellow-greenrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Panicle
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Boater Bush itself; the rest are typical of the Sterculiaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Boater Bush
A member of the Sterculiaceae family, Boater Bush (Waltheria indica) is a low shrub. In India it has been recorded in Telangana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and 10 other states. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Sterculiaceae
Cacao/Cola family
Boater Bush belongs to the Sterculiaceae family.
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