✿Sterculiaceae · Waltheria
Boater Bush
Waltheria indica
UndershrubMedicinal
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Telangana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
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.
Botanical family
Sterculiaceae
Cacao/Cola family
Boater Bush belongs to the Sterculiaceae family.
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